Han Dong-hoon and Choi Min-hee, war of words on social media over the 'President Lee-Yeon Public Official Election Act trial'

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporters Park Soo-yoon and Choi Pyeong-cheon = On the 14th, Rep. Choi Min-hee of the Democratic Party of Korea and independent Rep. Han Dong-hoon had a war of words on social media over Rep. Choi's remark that "President Lee Jae-myung's trial is the same as former President Yoon Seok-yeol's trial."

Previously, the media reported a recording of Rep. Choi saying, "The Presidential Public Official Election Act trial and the current Yoon Seok-yeol trial are the same" in response to a question about former President Yoon's trial on charges of violating the Public Official Election Act at a closed party meeting last month.

Former President Yoon was sentenced to invalidation of his election in the second trial on charges of violating the Public Official Election Act, and the President Lee Public Official Election Act case has been remanded to the Supreme Court on the grounds of guilt.

One lawmaker said on Facebook, "Representative Choi is right," adding, "If a trial is held, President Lee will be guilty of invalidating his election. He is a 'time-limited president' who will end only after a trial."

Representative Han pointed out, "The difference between the two cases is that in former President Yoon's trial, there is still a third trial in the Supreme Court, so there is still a possibility that guilt or innocence will change, but in President Lee's trial, there is absolutely no possibility that guilt will change to not guilty because the verdict of guilt was overturned and remanded by the plenary body of the Supreme Court."

In response, Rep. Choi said on Facebook on this day, "Han Dong-hoon, don't lie. The court may equate the two trials, but Seok-yeol Yoon 'can't even beat' the conviction on appeal, and President Lee is an unreasonable annulment of Cho Hee-dae's rigged trial on his acquittal on appeal."

Rep. Han said, "It's completely different from what Rep. Choi said in his own recording," and retorted, "I understand Rep. Choi's eagerness to pick it up after saying the right thing for the first time in a long time and getting scolded by pro-Myung (pro-Lee Jae-myung) politicians of the Democratic Party.

One lawmaker added, “Don’t just argue with anyone, try to refute it.”