South Korean opposition party: ``Yin Seok-Yeong government's 18-month media accusations are the most of any previous government''

On the 11th, Hong Ik-pyo, floor representative of the South Korean opposition Democratic Party, said at a meeting of the Democratic Party's Supreme Committee, ``The Yoon Seo-gyul government is trying to kill the media through the Special Branch Prosecutors.
"There is," he accused. ``This has also been pointed out by the international community,'' said Representative Hong Wonnai. Representative Hong said, ``The defamation accusations against the media made by the Yun government over the past 18 months have been criticized by successive governments.
According to an analysis by Voice of the United States (VOA), there have been 11 defamation accusations against the media by the Yun government, 7 by the Lee Myung-bak government, and 7 by the Park Geun-hye government. )government
8 cases, overwhelming the 4 cases of the Moon Jae-in government.'' Representative Hongwon said, ``Many foreign media outlets have also criticized the raids on our media outlets as ``a regression to pre-democracy.''
``The United Nations and the US State Department have also pointed out that the Yun government has used defamation laws to censor the media, and Japan's press freedom has fallen to 47th place in one year.'' .
He also said, ``The prosecutors have formed a special investigation team and repeatedly searched homes, claiming that critical reporting against the president is defamatory.''
” he pointed out. He added, ``Raids on media and reporters have become commonplace,'' adding, ``President Yoon learned from the basics of media democracy in a scene that should not be allowed in a democratic society.''
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