During the last presidential election, the prosecution, which is investigating how the fake news spread that ‘candidate Seok-yeol Yoon covered up the case of Daejang-dong loan broker Jo Woo-hyung in the Busan Savings Bank case while he was a prosecutor’, said to Newstapa, “There was an intention to target a certain leading candidate just before the presidential election.” “The circumstances of distorting the press data have been confirmed,” he said on the 14th.
Regarding the prosecution’s search and seizure of the residence of Newstapa CEO Kim Yong-jin on the 6th, an official of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office said, “(Newstapa) conducted a search and seizure because the desk’s involvement was confirmed in the process of reporting the interview with Kim Man-bae and Shin Hak-rim. “He said like this.
Newstapa employees are putting up signs in front of the entrance in protest against the prosecution’s search and seizure last September. /yunhap news
On March 6 last year, three days before the last presidential election, Newstapa reported an interview between Kim Man-bae, majority shareholder of Hwacheon Dayyu, and Shin Shin-lim, former chairman of the National Press Union, with the effect that ‘President Yoon Seok-yeol cleared up the investigation of Cho Woo-hyung’s Busan Savings Bank when he was a prosecutor.’ did. This interview was recorded on September 15, 2021. In a Newstapa report at the time, Mr. Kim said, “Seok-yeol Yoon said, ‘Are you Jo Woo-hyung?’ After saying, “Prosecutor ○○○ did some coffee and other things, and then sent it to me. So the incident disappeared.” Prosecutors suspect that Mr. Kim intentionally told false facts, and that Newstapa pieced them together and reported them in a way that was unfavorable to President Yoon.
A prosecution official said, “As the Daejeon-dong development corruption arose just before the last presidential primary, we confirmed that the main culprit, Mr. Kim, covered up the incident, created a false frame about a specific candidate to help candidate Lee Jae-myung, who was in a relationship of interest, and spread it through the media. “It is happening,” he said. He also said, “Newstapa formed a task force (candidate verification) during the presidential election, and the interview (reporting) of Kim Man-bae was conducted at the task force level,” adding, “It is believed that the report was reported with full awareness of the distortion of the reporting.” Regarding Newstapa’s claim that Mr. Shin did not know of the existence of the recording of the ‘Kim Man-bae interview’ until he reported it on March 4th of last year, “Mr. Shin was a member of Newstapa, but I think the claim that he received the report from Mr. Shin is inconsistent.” He countered. However, when asked, “Do you believe that Newstapa promoted the interview at the task force level?” this prosecutor’s official avoided a direct answer, saying, “We are investigating.”
On the other hand, Newstapa is completely denying the ‘suspicion of a planned interview’. Newstapa reporter Hanmo, who reported on the ‘Kim Man-bae transcript’, appeared at the prosecution as a suspect on the 13th and said, “It is an absurd story,” and added, “After an interview, it is difficult to edit without damaging the essence of the statement. “It’s something everyone does,” he said.
Meanwhile, Mr. Shin is being investigated by the prosecution after it was confirmed that he received 165 million won from Mr. Kim in the name of book prices immediately after the interview with Mr. Kim. Newstapa’s position is, “We were not aware of the money transactions between Mr. Kim and Mr. Shin until the prosecution investigation began last September,” but the prosecution confirmed that in January of this year, Mr. Shin reported the circumstances of the money transactions with Mr. Kim to CEO Kim and others. It was passed down.
2023-12-14 08:39:00
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