Kim Min-seok and Song Young-gil Launch Heavy Attacks on Han Dong-hoon

Democratic Party leader Kim Min-seok and lawmaker Song Young-gil, who competed for the party leadership at the party's August 17 national convention, jointly criticized independent lawmaker Han Dong-hoon today (the 8th) for continuously raising suspicions regarding Justice Minister nominee Kim Seung-won's request for the approval of new drug clinical trials.

Appearing on "Minti 07," a program on the party's official YouTube channel "Democratic Party TV," the two politicians strongly condemned Han's disclosures, characterizing them as an attempt to project his presence.

Leader Kim remarked, "He is an immature attention-seeker who tries to grab attention by any means possible, only to shoot himself in the foot. This isn't just my opinion, as many are saying so, so Han shouldn't get excited and claim I am talking about him."

Lawmaker Song claimed, "Unable to shed his identity as a special prosecutor and finding himself isolated, he seems to be struggling desperately to manufacture a sense of presence."

Song pointed out, "How did he obtain such investigative data? If he is exposing things he received back when he was the Minister of Justice, it constitutes criminal acts starting from violations of the Personal Information Protection Act to the crime of publicizing criminal suspects' facts."

He added, "Seeing him release transcripts bit by bit, it would be much more profitable for this person to stop being a lawmaker and go join Hover Lab with Kim Se-ui and Kang Yong-seok to receive Super Chats."

Song also questioned, "In the current era of AI, how can anyone know if these transcripts are objective?" adding, "When he was the Minister of Justice and his subordinates held power, why couldn't they arrest Kim Seung-won?"

He continued, "Where can you find such cowardly and foolish fellows? They investigated him thoroughly and found nothing, resulting in a suspension of indictment, yet gathering and editing data from there to make it public—is that the proper attitude of a National Assembly member?"

The two also took issue with Cho Kuk, director of the Innovation Policy Research Institute of the Rebuilding Korea Party, who stated the previous day on "Kim Eo-jun's News Factory" that a formal apology for attacks from within parts of the Democratic Party targeting him is a basic precondition for discussions on a merger.

Leader Kim said, "I am not quite sure what he is talking about. Right now, a merger is not a given; rather, it is a situation where we could either merge or form an alliance."

To the moderator's question asking, "Does this mean you feel no need to apologize because Cho's claim is the first you've heard of it?", Leader Kim answered, "Yes."

Song added, "This is not the time to be making such remarks at this stage. We need to be fighting together on issues like the impeachment of Supreme Court Chief Justice Cho Hee-dae, and making remarks at the wrong time and place is bound to be interpreted differently from one's original intent."

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