Democratic Party of Korea Supreme Council member Park Sun-won disclosed personal information about Cho Mo, the whistleblower in the allegations of solicitation for approval of new drug clinical trials involving Minister of Justice nominee Kim Seung-won, on the 11th. Park said, “There are suspicions that Cho Mo, who failed to recover the money or investment funds he sought, had prior connections with the People Power Party and used this to make the report to the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office after failing to achieve his goals.” In response, independent lawmaker Han Dong-hoon stated, “This is a clear violation of the Public Interest Whistleblower Protection Act, and political responsibility is not the only issue—there should be severe legal accountability.”
Park, during the Supreme Council meeting that day, said, “The claims raised by Han Dong-hoon have three sources.” He explained, “One is Cho Mo, referred to as a public interest whistleblower; second, information and materials that Han is presumed to have known during his tenure as Minister of Justice; and third, information that Han, who should not and could not have known after leaving office, obtained retroactively.”
Park added, “Han is mixing these three elements to fabricate a narrative, distorting it to appear as if a righteous whistleblower exists and is staging a show through the report,” and described Cho as “a former co-CEO of a company under a subsidiary of University, who signed a management consulting contract...
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