Han Dong-Hoon “Anyone in the Rotunda? Can Martial Law Troops Enter as Well?” ...Refuts Prime Minister’s Office’s Clarification that It Was ‘Not Surveillance’
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The office of Prime Minister Han Seong-sook has issued a stern warning to one of its officials after a lawmaker claimed the official posed as a reporter and asked questions during a press conference at the National Assembly, officials said Friday. The incident happened Thursday when Rep. Han Dong-hoon was holding a press briefing about a lobbying scandal involving the justice minister nominee. Halfway through the session, an unidentified person …
Independent lawmaker Han Dong-hoon rebutted the Prime Minister's Office's explanation regarding an official from the Office for Government Policy Coordination who asked aggressive questions at his National Assembly press conference while identifying himself as a "civilian," asking, "If anyone can go to the Rotunda, can martial law troops also enter the Rotunda?"
Independent lawmaker Han Dong-hoon claimed during a parliamentary interpellation session on the 10th that "a Prime Minister's Office employee lied, claiming to be a private citizen, and asked questions defending the Prime Minister at my press conference." Prime Minister Han Sung-sook responded, "If there are any inappropriate aspects, I will handle them strictly." Rep. Han participated in the parliamentary interpellation session on this day.
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporters Lee Sang-hyun and Noh Seon-ung = On the 10th, Prime Minister Han Sung-sook... after independent lawmaker Han Dong-hoon criticized that a Prime Minister's Office staff member intervened during her press conference...
This is an incident in which a public official from the Prime Minister's Office concealed their identity and approached Representative Han Dong-hoon disguised as a private citizen to engage in a heated argument over the issue of directing an investigation. The situation is escalating into a political controversy, with Representative Han expressing strong regret via social media after the questioner's identity was revealed, stating that such beha…
(ATTN: UPDATES throughout with PM expressing regret; CHANGES headline)SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Yonhap) -- Prime Minister Han Seong-sook expressed regret Friday after a member of her staff attended a lawmaker's press briefing at the National Assembly the
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