'Election Law Violation Allegations' Lee Jin-sook Appears at Yeongdeungpo Police Station... 'Used as a Tool of Police Power'

[Financial News] The police have summoned Lee Jin-sook, former Chairman of the Korea Communications Commission, for the third time on charges including violations of the Public Official Election Act.
Yeongdeungpo Police Station announced that at 1 p.m. on the 27th, Lee was summoned as a suspect. This comes 23 days after she was released by court order following a Review of Legality of Arrest, after being detained by warrant on the 2nd. Lee underwent two rounds of questioning while in custody.
On this day, Lee arrived at Yeongdeungpo Police Station at approximately 12:44 p.m., dressed in a navy jacket.
Before entering, Lee told reporters, 'After spending three days and two nights in the detention cell at Yeongdeungpo Police Station, I realized that the police can be used as a tool of power, and I found this truly dangerous. What happened to me could happen to any free citizen, and this is the kind of country we have become.'
She continued, 'Back in March, Lee Jae-myung, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea (DPK), criticized Acting President Choi Sang-mok for not appointing Ma Eunhyeok as Justice of the Constitutional Court of Korea, calling it an act of neglect of duty. However, it is the DPK, the majority party, that has not appointed or recommended standing members of the Korea Communications Commission for dozens of months. The People Power Party has no power.'
She added, 'If Acting President Choi is guilty of neglect of duty, then by that logic, the DPK or its leader is also guilty of the same. Now, this is being labeled as a violation of political neutrality and an election act. If Acting President Choi is guilty of neglect of duty, then saying that DPK leader Lee Jae-myung is neglecting his duty is a matter of reading comprehension.'
Lee is accused of making politically biased remarks and engaging in preliminary electioneering via conservative-leaning YouTube channels and Facebook accounts between September and October last year and March and April this year, in violation of the Public Official Election Act and the State Public Officials Act.
At the time, Lee made remarks such as, 'The DPK or leftist groups are capable of anything we can imagine,' and, 'As a conservative warrior, I am grateful for the words; we need warriors to fight against fake leftists.'
On the 2nd, police arrested Lee on charges of violating the Public Official Election Act and the State Public Officials Act. However, Lee's side requested a Review of Legality of Arrest, and the court granted it, resulting in her release after two days. Since then, the police and Lee's side have been disputing the legality of the arrest warrant.
Nevertheless, the police have reiterated that the execution of the arrest warrant for Lee was lawful.
At a regular press briefing on the morning of the same day, Park Seong-ju, head of the National Office of Investigation, stated, '(The arrest warrant) is not in a situation where its legality is in question,' and explained, 'From the police perspective, Lee did not respond to six requests to appear, so the prosecution requested an arrest warrant and the court issued it according to standard procedure.'
He added, 'Generally, if a person fails to respond to more than three requests to appear, an arrest warrant is applied for as part of police investigation procedures.'
welcome@fnnews.com Jang Yoo-ha Reporter