Park Sun-won, a member of the Democratic Party's Supreme Council, disclosed the identity of the public-interest whistleblower behind allegations of drug lobbying involving Justice Minister nominee Kim Seung-won, saying prosecutors "used the whistleblower as an investigative helper to go after the Democratic Party." The move escalates the party's confrontation with independent lawmaker Han Dong-hoon by targeting the source of his information. Han condemned it as "a clear violation of the Act on the Protection of Public Interest Whistleblowers."
At a Supreme Council meeting held at the North Chungcheong Provincial Government office on the 11th, Park said Han "is distorting the situation as if some righteous person exists and is staging a whole show based on a tip-off," and then revealed the identity of Cho, the whistleblower who first reported the Genencell lobbying allegations. Park said Cho was "the co-chief executive of a company that signed a management consulting contract with a broker surnamed Yang in 2021," and that Cho "not only sought a personal relationship with Yang but also flaunted ties to the People Power Party, boasting of closeness to former PPP lawmaker Kweon Seong-dong's camp and offering to take Yang to Gangneung," Kweon's constituency, "for introductions."
Park said Cho demanded money after losing money on an investment in Yang's business. Park also claimed Cho obtained undisclosed investment information about Genencell from Yang and invested in Sejong...
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