"Went to a Famed Restaurant, but Hygiene Was a Mess" ... "People Are the Same": Aimed at the President?

This is a post uploaded on social media today (October 1) by Gyeonggi Province Governor Choo Mi-ae.

Governor Choo wrote on social media, "I went there on recommendation because it was called a famous restaurant. But when I actually looked inside, the hygiene was a mess, and the staff were unfriendly."

She added, "The ingredients and the taste were also substandard," stating, "After realizing that the actual reality differed from the signboard displayed outside, I could not recommend the place to others."

Governor Choo emphasized, "I thought it was only right to at least inform the people I care about of what I saw, and talk them out of experiencing the same disappointment," adding, "It is the same with people."

Some interpreted this as Governor Choo indirectly voicing displeasure over President Lee Jae-myung's defense of Kim Ji-yong, the nominee to lead the Serious Crimes Investigation Agency.

Although Governor Choo did not directly mention Nominee Kim's name, her post is viewed as a counter-rebuttal, given that she had recently publicly opposed Kim's nomination and posted the message immediately after President Lee refuted claims yesterday that Kim was a "pro-Yoon prosecutor."

On September 16, Governor Choo also called for the withdrawal of the nomination, likening Nominee Kim to an "informant" and Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann.

Earlier, starting yesterday, President Lee directly addressed the criticism surrounding Nominee Kim via social media.

Refuting claims characterizing Nominee Kim as a "pro-Yoon prosecutor," President Lee stated that it was "hard to understand," adding, "His actions—not pro-Yoon, but if anything anti-Yoon—are already confirmed facts reported in the media."

President Lee also expressed his position that people should not be excluded simply because they are former prosecutors, saying, "If we discard everyone just because they are former prosecutors, what happens to Representative Park Eun-jeong, Chief Prosecutor Lim Eun-jeong, and Representative Lee Sung-yoon, who are all prosecutors or former prosecutors?"

Reported by Jung Da-eun | Video by Lee Yu-jin | Graphics by Yang Hye-min | Produced by SBS Digital News
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