2023-06-23 00:38:00
The Daegu Police Agency is conducting a search and seizure at the Dongin-dong building of the Daegu City Hall from 9 am today.
The Anti-Corruption and Economic Crime Investigation Unit of the Metropolitan Investigation Unit of the Daegu Police Agency said that the Daegu People’s Solidarity for Participatory Democracy is carrying out a search and seizure of the Public Information Officer’s office, including the departments related to new media, in connection with the case of violating the Public Official Election Act once morest Daegu City Mayor Hong Joon-pyo.
Previously, on February 22, the Daegu People’s Solidarity for Participatory Democracy reported Daegu Mayor Hong Joon-pyo and Daegu City’s YouTube manager to the prosecution for violating the Public Official Election Act, saying that the official YouTube video of Daegu City is similar to Mayor Hong Joon-pyo’s personal YouTube video, so it is degenerating into the mayor’s personal promotional media.
Since then, the prosecution has transferred the accusation to the Daegu Northern Police Station, and since the end of March, the Daegu Metropolitan Police Agency’s wide-area investigation team has continued the investigation.
In this regard, the police said that they applied for a search and seizure warrant on the 9th and received it on the 16th, and the execution was carried out today.
In addition, he said, “The subject of the search and seizure does not include the individual mayor of Daegu, Joon-pyo Hong.”
Daegu City has officially expressed regret over the search and seizure.
Jang Jeong-soo, head of Daegu City’s Policy Innovation Headquarters, held a press conference and said, “Since the Daegu People’s Solidarity for Participatory Democracy’s complaint in February, we have been faithfully cooperating with police investigation requests.” revealed.
In addition, he strongly denied the suspicion of violating the election law, saying, “We have been operating Daegu TV following checking whether the election law was violated one by one through prior inquiries to the National Election Commission, and all the contents were received in official documents.”
Regarding the point that the situation occurred because of the conflict caused by the queer festival, he said, “I don’t think it’s irrelevant at all,” and said, “The enforcement of public power should not be misunderstood.” didn’t hide it.
Hong Joon-pyo, the mayor of Daegu, also strongly criticized through his social media that the police are not police but gangsters if they exercise their right to investigate in that way, asking if the police have launched a retaliatory investigation once morest the public officials following suppressing the performance of their duties during the recent queer festival.
On the 17th, during the Daegu Queer Culture Festival, Daegu Mayor Hong Joon-pyo and the Daegu Police Department clashed over road occupation.
In response, the police explained that it was not a retaliatory investigation, and that the search warrant application was made before the Queer Festival.
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