Won Hee-ryong: “Han, private nomination discussion” Han Dong-hoon: “Baseless lies”

by times news cr

2024-07-07 15:45:42

Won “Han, Discuss Nomination with Closest Relatives and In-Laws”
One “Legal action against spreading false information… must stop the old ways”

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The conflict between Won Hee-ryong and Han Dong-hoon, the People Power Party’s leading candidates, is becoming increasingly intense. When Won raised suspicions about Han’s “private nomination” during his time as emergency response committee chairman, Han threatened legal action, claiming that he was spreading false information.

Candidate Han’s side released a statement that afternoon, saying, “Candidate Han makes it clear that he has never discussed nomination with his family, relatives, or anyone in his personal life,” and urged, “Candidate Won should specifically state the basis for his remarks and immediately apologize for spreading false information.”

He then said, “We cannot stand by and watch the convention be ruined by spreading false information,” and “If there is no apology, we will have no choice but to take legal action.”

Earlier, Jin Jung-kwon, a special professor at Kwangwoon University, demanded an apology from Candidate Won on his Facebook page on the 5th, saying, “Candidate Won is spreading false information that I and the (then) emergency response committee chairman discussed the nomination.”

In response, Won responded on Facebook, “There will be a chance for Candidate Han to reveal the people with whom he privately discussed the nomination.” In an interview with JTBC that day, he also claimed that the people with whom Candidate Han privately discussed the nomination were “(Candidate Han’s) closest family members and relatives.”

Daegu Mayor Hong Joon-pyo also joined in criticizing the candidate. He wrote on his Facebook page that day, “It seems that the rumor that Han Dong-hoon ignored the party leadership during the last general election and only listened to the advice of the leftists he brought along and Professor Jin Jung-kwon was not a groundless rumor,” and “It seems that it is true because Professor Jin took Han Dong-hoon’s side and even intervened in the party convention.”

Mayor Hong criticized, “(One candidate’s) cell phone password is 27 digits long, so the party is in a terrible state,” and “It is unbelievable that the party has been swayed since the general election because of such an idiot. Everyone, come to your senses.”

Regarding the claim, one candidate refuted it on his Facebook page that day, saying, “Candidate Won’s baseless lies.” He added, “Reveal which member of my family had any discussion or involvement in the nomination of which candidate. I can confidently say that nothing similar happened.”

He said, “I have lived my life with the distinction between public and private affairs as an important philosophy in life,” and added, “I will abandon these old ways and change by only looking at my party comrades and the people.”

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