“Went to Harvard Without Taking an Exam on Roh Moo-hyun’s Recommendation,” Jeon Han-gil Claims; Lee Jun-seok: “Additional Criminal Action on the 16th”

[Financial News] Reform Party lawmaker Lee Jun-seok said he would take additional criminal action against Jeon Han-gil (real name Jeon Yu-kwan), a YouTuber and former Korean history instructor who has repeatedly raised suspicions about Lee’s admission to and graduation from Harvard University.
On the 14th, Lee shared on his social media (SNS) a video from a broadcast aired on the 10th on the YouTube channel Han-gil News, run by Jeon. Lee said, “Mr. Jeon Yu-kwan continues to spread false information on broadcasts,” and announced plans to file an additional complaint on the 16th on suspicion of defamation through the dissemination of false information.
According to the video Lee released, Jeon said on the broadcast, “Do you think Rep. Lee Jun-seok got into Harvard by taking the entrance exam fair and square?” He claimed, “He got into Harvard with a recommendation letter from former President Roh Moo-hyun.” Jeon also questioned whether Lee had graduated, saying, “When he’s asked to produce his diploma, he always goes somewhere else and obtains official documents. If he graduated, shouldn’t he just post his diploma?” He added, “I’m not putting him down; I’m just informing people.”
Lee directly rebutted Jeon, saying his claims were entirely baseless. Reacting with disbelief, Lee said, “I made my diploma public more than 10 years ago. Why, and how, would I have gotten a recommendation letter from President Roh Moo-hyun?” He also responded to the implication that he had been admitted without taking a regular entrance exam, asking, “Why wouldn’t I take the exam?”
Legal proceedings over the dissemination of false information involving Jeon are already underway. Jeon has faced complaints and criminal accusations for making claims not only about alleged falsification of Lee’s academic credentials but also about President Lee Jae Myung, including that he had hidden overseas a slush fund of more than 1 trillion won raised through the Daejang-dong development project and had a child born outside marriage.
The Metropolitan Criminal Investigation Unit of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, which has been investigating the case, referred Jeon to the Seoul Central District Prosecution Office on the 30th of last month, recommending that he be indicted on charges including disseminating false information. If Lee files an additional complaint on the 16th, the scope of the investigation into Jeon is expected to expand further.

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