Far-right community…now deleted
President Yoon Seok-yeol is answering questions on the way to work at the Yongsan Presidential Office on the 18th. Correspondent Kang Yun-joong
After an Internet message was posted stating that they would kill an MBC reporter who had an argument with a presidential secretary, the police began to protect the reporter.
Mapo Police Station in Seoul announced on the 22nd that it is protecting the identity of MBC reporters who received death threats by providing them with smart watches and registering them in the 112 system for personal protection.
According to the police and MBC, on the morning of the 21st, a post was posted on the extreme right-leaning Internet community, ‘Daily Best’, against an MBC reporter, saying, “I will find and kill him right away.” The post is currently deleted.
After receiving the citizen’s report, the Busan Metropolitan Police Agency launched an investigation by tracking the Internet Protocol (IP) address of the author. A police official explained, “The Busan Office, where the first report was received, requested cooperation with the Mapo Office in charge of MBC headquarters the day before to confirm the personal safety of the reporter.”
MBC said, “We will request an investigation into the writer and take strong measures, such as accusation.”
The MBC reporter who received the death threat had an altercation with Lee Ki-jeong, public relations planning secretary in the presidential office, regarding the ban on boarding the MBC private plane after President Yoon Seok-yeol’s question and answer (door stepping) on the way to work on the 18th. On the 21st, the President’s Office declared the suspension of doorstepping, calling this situation an ‘unsavory thing’.