Government pushes to send letters to all members of Singapore Film Festival to withdraw screening of 'Assassin(s)'

National power, sending in all names next week... Suspicion of rating bulletin board manipulation and criticism of investment by government-run banks

“Suppressing freedom of criticism while talking about freedom… The old political party is the reality of the People Power Party”

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporters Lee Jeong-hyeon, Park Gyeong-joon, and Lee Yullip = On the 4th, the People Power Party decided to send a letter in the name of all its members to the Singapore International Film Festival requesting that the film 'Assassin(s)', which deals with the assassination of Ms. Yuk Young-soo, be selected as the opening film.

It is known that when Representative Joo Jin-woo initially announced that he would send it in his personal name, the number of lawmakers who wanted to participate increased and they decided to pursue it in this way.

Senior Spokesperson Choi Bo-yoon met with reporters at the National Assembly on this day and explained regarding the issue, "There are many people who voluntarily participate in raising their voices, so we decided to collect opinions and proceed within the National Assembly."

In a personal letter released first, Rep. Joo said, "The film turns the murdered victim's family into the party of suspicion and puts the terrible frame of the father's involvement in the mother's death on the actual bereaved family," and added, "Do not lend the authority of the film festival to the immoral distortion of history that insults the victims and their families."

The People Power Party continued its offensive against the ‘assassin(s)’ even during the holidays.

5-term lawmaker Na Kyung-won criticized on Facebook, "Naver is said to have requested a police investigation for changing the rating bulletin board settings for the corrupt movie 'Assassin(s)' to the most recent, saying it was 'due to macro manipulation'. So they make a lame excuse saying they changed it to the most recent."

Representative Joo held a press conference at the National Assembly on this day and said, "Korea Development Bank indirectly invested 14 billion won and Industrial Bank of Korea invested 14.2 billion won in Hive Media Corp, the production company of 'Assassin(s).' In fact, this production company is enriched with money from the government-run bank. Immediately recover the investment and investigate the circumstances of the investment."

Meanwhile, CEO Jang Dong-hyuk announced that he would visit First Lady Yuk Young-soo's birthplace in Okcheon-gun, North Chungcheong Province on the 5th and hold a press conference.

In response to this move by the People Power Party, the Democratic Party of Korea criticized the People Power Party in a written briefing under the name of floor spokesperson Jeon Eun-soo, saying, "Is the People Power Party a 'film blocking party' that even intervenes in whether or not to screen at international film festivals?"

Former floor spokesperson emphasized, “The Park Geun-hye government created a list of artists critical of the regime and excluded them from support, and the Yoon Seok-yeol government issued a stern warning to the organizers of a contest that awarded prizes to satirical cartoons drawn by high school students,” adding, “This is not an unfamiliar scene.”

He continued, “Whenever the People Power Party opens its mouth, it shouts for freedom, but it mercilessly silences content it does not like,” and claimed, “The reality of the People Power Party is an old-fashioned political party that speaks of freedom but suppresses freedom of criticism.”

Former floor spokesperson said, “We must immediately withdraw our demand for the withdrawal of screenings at the Singapore International Film Festival,” adding, “We must not try to take away the audience’s right to enjoy culture.”