Han Dong-hoon Slams Demand for His Campaign Accounting Report for Kim Seung-won's Confirmation Hearing

Independent lawmaker Han Dong-hoon protested on the 14th, stating that Progressive Party lawmaker Son Sol requested his campaign finance accounting report from the National Election Commission as data for the confirmation hearing of Justice Minister nominee Kim Seung-won, asking, "Does this make any sense?"

Writing on Facebook that day, Han stated, "Under the pretext of requesting data for the Kim Seung-won hearing, lawmaker Son, who won her proportional representation seat via the Democratic Party side, demanded the Han Dong-hoon candidate campaign accounting report from the NEC, and the NEC handed it over."

Han asked, "What connection is there between the Kim Seung-won hearing and my campaign accounting report that lawmaker Son had to request it and the NEC had to hand it over?" He added, "Is the NEC retaliating against me for proposing the three-bill package for NEC reform?"

He emphasized, "As a member of the National Assembly, I will request the accounting reports of lawmaker Son and Democratic Party lawmakers such as Seo Young-kyo from the NEC," adding, "Along with the public, I will watch to see if the NEC hands them over just as readily as they handed over mine."

Criticism from the People Power Party also emerged regarding lawmaker Son's data request concerning Han.

People Power Party five-term heavyweight lawmaker Yoon Sang-hyun posted on Facebook, criticizing it as an "attack on Han Dong-hoon by the Democratic Party and pan-ruling bloc that missed the target," pointing out that "tomorrow is the confirmation hearing for nominee Kim, not the Han Dong-hoon hearing."

He added, "If they are so curious about Han, they should just adopt him as a witness for the hearing," and asked, "If they attack Han outside while refusing to put him on the witness stand where facts can actually be verified, who would find that reasonable?"

Pro-Han Dong-hoon lawmaker Park Jeong-ha also criticized on Facebook, asking, "Why on earth is Han's accounting report necessary? Is Han the nominee for Minister of Justice?" He added, "Following the Prime Minister's Secretariat, has the NEC also joined the ranks of monitoring Han?"

Meanwhile, Han announced that he filed a criminal complaint that day against Democratic Party lawmaker Park Sun-won for violating the Public Interest Whistleblower Protection Act, claiming that Park outed a public interest whistleblower related to suspicions of lobbying for nominee Kim's new drug clinical trial approval.

Pro-Han lawmaker Park Jung-hoon joined in filing the complaint.

Han wrote on Facebook, "Even if lawmaker Park Sun-won and the Democratic Party out and attack the public interest whistleblower, they cannot cover up Kim Seung-won's 'oppa poison lobbying,'" and urged, "The police must immediately take measures to protect the whistleblower's safety."
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