After the local elections were over, the full-fledged ‘shaking of the Broadcasting and Communications Commissioner’ of the passport began through the Chosun Ilbo. On the 9th, Kwon Seong-dong, floor leader of the People’s Power, said, “It is disgraceful that the new government is still holding on to it.” This time, a report emerged that the Korea Communications Commission Chairman Han Sang-hyeok raised suspicions of violating the Farmland Act. The People’s Power issued a statement as if it had been waiting, and pressured the ‘stay’.
The Chosun Ilbo on the 15th After describing a farmland in Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, in an article titled, “The owner of the land called the building ‘a farmhouse’, which on the outside would be called a ‘village’. It is legal to build a farm on farmland, but it is illegal to build a villa. The owner of this land is Han Sang-hyeok, chairman of the Korea Communications Commission.”
The People’s Power Media Special Committee issued a statement immediately after the Chosun Ilbo report, saying, “It is a case of violation of the law by a ministerial level person to dismiss as a simple mistake, so the seriousness is not light.” should bear A thorough investigation and reasonable punishment should be carried out together.”
In response to such suspicions, a KCC official said, “When my father passed away in January 2020, five siblings shared the inheritance. The (farmland) has remained the same without any changes to the facilities since it was given to me by my father, and it is managed by my younger brothers living in Daejeon.” The farmhouse with a size of 5 to 6 pyeong, described by the Chosun Ilbo as a ‘village’, has existed since the time my father was alive. The official said, “The allegation of violating the law is groundless,” saying, “The Department of Agriculture is being issued and operated under the name of a younger brother who can actually farm.”
Another KCC official said, “Not a single person took issue with the inherited land in Yuseong-gu at the 2020 National Assembly personnel hearing.” This is why there are rumors that some exaggerated allegations have been raised to voluntarily resign the chairman of the Korea Communications Commission, who has more than a year left in office.
In the midst of this, the National Press Labor Union’s Democratic Press Practice Committee commented on the 14th, “When there was a blacklist scandal that expelled the heads of the Ministry of Environment and Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy under the Moon Jae-in government without guaranteeing their tenure, they ran down the street and raised their voices with the political parties that urged ‘observe the law’. “Where is the media?” He criticized the people’s power and the Chosun Ilbo, who are voluntarily resigning, as “a ‘nonsensical argument’ full of sectarian greed.
Meanwhile, the Solidarity for Correcting the Rule of Law filed a complaint against Chairman Han Sang-hyeok on August 9, 2020, including abuse of power, and announced a press conference to be held tomorrow (16th), the first in a year and 10 months. It was reported that the executives of the Korea Communications Commission (KCC) reported their work to the Chief of Public Relations at the Presidential Office on the afternoon of the 14th.