Jeong Jeongsik Criticizes Kwon Changyoung’s Indictment of Four Lawmakers: “Politically Motivated; Acting as Hunting Dogs”

Jeong Jeongsik, floor leader of the People Power Party, criticized the special prosecutor Kwon Chang-young’s team on August 21 for indicting Assembly members Na Kyungwon, Kim Kimoon, Yoon Sanghyun, and Kwon Youngjin without detention over the alleged arrest of former President Yoon Suk-yeol, calling it a “politically motivated targeted prosecution.” He stated, “In the end, acting as political retribution hounds will only bring condemnation from fellow legal professionals and the public.”

Jeong Jeongsik, floor leader of the People Power Party, is speaking at the floor strategy meeting held at the National Assembly on August 14, 2026. Photo by Hyunmin Kim

During his opening remarks at the general assembly held at the National Assembly that morning, Jeong declared, “They claimed to separate investigation and indictment, dismantled the prosecution, yet allowed the special prosecutor–like a hunting dog–to conduct both investigation and prosecution to suppress the opposition. President Lee Jaemyung’s cowardly and hypocritical politics will assuredly be judged.”

 

Jeong also remarked, “Special Prosecutor Cho Eunsuk raided even the opposition floor leader’s room for a search and seizure and incited sedition charges. Special Prosecutor Min Joongki sought to seize the opposition party’s membership roll, concealed the incident of Busan Mayor Jeon Jaesoo’s Cartier watch, and Special Prosecutor Lee Myeonghyun carried out searches at churches, targeting even senior pastors. All these, including Kwon Chang-young’s special prosecution, were driven by ambition and deviance.”

He went on, “Not satisfied with this, the Lee Jaemyung administration is deploying an endless series of special prosecutions to oppress the opposition and create a national security state. Who will be the next target?” He questioned, “There were many lawmakers and citizens at the scene of the case prosecuted by Kwon, so what were the criteria for selecting these four lawmakers?”

Jeong concluded, “We must now put an end to the Lee Jaemyung administration’s malicious special prosecution politics, which distorts the law, distorts politics, and distorts the national system.” He added, “I hope everyone remembers that Kwon Chang-young’s second comprehensive special prosecution, as with the previous three major special prosecutions, will remain a disgrace and a source of shame in the constitutional history of the Republic of Korea.”

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