"Sowing Discord" Sparks Outrage in Pro-Lee Jae-myung Fan Cafe... Vote Held to Expel Rep. Kim Yong-min

"Jaemyung's Village," a fan cafe for President Lee Jae-myung, has now begun discussions on expelling Democratic Party lawmaker Kim Yong-min.

According to "Jaemyung's Village," members started a vote to expel Rep. Kim starting yesterday (August 18).

The cafe manager stated, "We were about to take action to expel him, but because the national convention was more important, we decided to put it to a vote and handle it later, which is why it was delayed. Now, residents, please show your opinions through the vote."

As of 8:40 a.m. today, a total of some 1,300 people have participated in the vote, with 97% responding that they "hope for Rep. Kim to be expelled from the village."

Jaemyung's Village stated that they have not set a specific deadline for the vote and plan to conclude the expulsion procedure after closing it at an appropriate time.

Jaemyung's Village is also running a national petition on the National Assembly website requesting disciplinary action against Rep. Kim.

Regarding the reasons for requesting disciplinary action, they stated, "On July 16, Rep. Kim delivered false information to the public as if the Lee Jae-myung administration was failing to properly carry out prosecution reform," and demanded, "Please discipline Rep. Kim, who is sowing discord between the Democratic Party and the Blue House and slandering the President."

Previously, Rep. Kim held a discussion session at the National Assembly last month alongside lawmakers advocating for the abolition of the prosecution's supplementary investigation rights, and criticized the arguments of Minister of Justice Jeong Seong-ho, who spoke on the necessity of maintaining supplementary investigation rights.

If Jaemyung's Village expels Rep. Kim this time, it will mark the fifth instance of forced expulsion of a Democratic Party figure.

Previously, Jaemyung's Village forcibly expelled former party leader Jeong Cheong-rae and lawmaker Lee Seong-yun in February, lawmaker Choi Min-hee in March, and lawmaker Han Min-su last July.

Among them, former leader Jeong failed in his bid for consecutive terms as party leader, but the other three lawmakers classified as part of the pro-Jeong faction all succeeded in winning election to the Democratic Party's Supreme Council.

(Reported by Kim Jiuk | Video by Choi Gang-san | Graphics by Yook Do-hyun | Produced by SBS Digital News | Video Source: Naver Cafe "Jaemyung's Village")
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