President Lee does not want to be punished... Police refuse to forward Yoo Si-min on charges of defamation

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Jeon Jae-hoon = The police, who were investigating writer Yoo Si-min on charges of defaming President Lee Jae-myung, did not forward the case on the 27th, following President Lee's unwillingness to be punished.

On this day, the Public Crimes Investigation Unit of the Metropolitan Investigation Division of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency dismissed writer Yoo, who is suspected of defamation under the Information and Communications Network Act, without the right to prosecute.

On the 23rd, the Seoul Metropolitan Government received a letter from the Blue House confirming President Lee's intention not to seek punishment.

Writer Yoo appeared on the Media Today YouTube channel on the 22nd of last month and criticized, "The prosecution reform that President Lee envisioned was completely different from what we thought of as the prosecution reform, the position of the Democratic Party of Korea, and the President's pledge," and added, "The President has been deceiving the people so far."

In response to President Lee's statement at a press conference to the effect that 'the maximum reform of the prosecution was to separate the investigative and prosecution agencies within the Ministry of Justice,' writer Yoo said, "I have never heard such a thing."

Accordingly, the civic group 'Citizens' Action to Correct the Judiciary' (Sasehaeng) filed a complaint to the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency against writer Yoo for defamation by publishing false information under the Information and Communications Network Act.

Defamation is a crime of impunity that cannot be criminally punished if the victim does not wish to be punished.