[단독]Citizens commissioned to investigate Hwang Unha’six-person meeting ceremony’

In addition, a’six-person dinner’, including Democratic Party member Hwang Unha (Jung-gu, Daejeon), was investigated for violating the Infectious Disease Prevention and Management Act.

Together with Democratic Party Rep. Hwang Unha. News 1

On the 7th, Mr. A, who identified himself as a citizen from a civic organization, requested an investigation to the Daejeon Police Agency’s National Newspaper on the 7th, saying, “Please thoroughly investigate whether Rep. Hwang Unha and his party are allegedly violating the’Infectious Disease Prevention Act’ and the’Prohibition of Solicitation Act’ .

Mr. A said, “On the 2nd, in the media,’Rep. Hwang Unha had a meal in a room where six people gathered with Mayor Yeom Hong-cheol, etc., and there was a controversy over quarantine regulations.’ He argued, “As we are told to respond strictly to acts that interfere with corona 19) quarantine, we must investigate this case thoroughly.” On August 21 last year, President Moon Jae-in visited the Seoul Metropolitan Defense Command Headquarters and ordered a strict response to the acts that interfere with the quarantine of Corona 19.

Along with this, Mr. A said, “As an article was reported that the suspicion of violation of the’Kim Young-ran Act (Act on the Prohibition of Unfair solicitation and receipt of money, etc.)’ by paying all the meals between Rep. Hwang Unha and the taxi company representative at the time It is being amplified even more.”

The Daejeon Central Police Department in charge of this case explained, “We plan to promptly proceed with legal review and related investigation procedures (about two months) and notify the relevant complaints.” A police official said, “If it is revealed that violation of the Defense Prevention Act or the Kim Young-ran Act is revealed, it is subject to fines.”

The Kim Young-ran Act restricts the limit to 30,000 won when public officials receive food for social or ceremonial purposes, and allows them to dispose of a two to five times fines for negligence. According to the Infectious Disease Prevention Act, if it is found to be violating the quarantine rules (prohibition of meetings with more than 5 people), a fine of not more than 100,000 won may be imposed.

A restaurant room in Jung-gu, Daejeon where Congressman Hwang Unha and others ate. [사진 대전 중구]

Six members, including Representative Hwang Unha and former Daejeon Mayor Yeom Hong-cheol, ate dinner in a restaurant room in Jung-gu, Daejeon on December 26 last year. Two people, including the former mayor of Daejeon Mayor Yeom Hong-cheol and the representative of a taxi company, were confirmed to be corona19. The remaining four, including Rep. Hwang, have been judged negative and are in self-isolation. It was found that the taxi company’s representative paid for meals (about 150,000 won) for three people, including Hwang.

In this regard, the Daejeon Jung-gu side said that six people, including Congressman Hwang, sat at different tables by three, and that the food ordered was different for each table and the entrance time for the restaurant was different, so it could not be considered a violation of the quarantine rules. However, the general citizen reaction was different. Kim Mo (55), who lives in Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, responded, saying, “It is not well understood that the other party was brought together in a narrow room where the current lawmaker and the former mayor were located.”

On the 2nd, Rep. Hwang sent a text message to the JoongAng Ilbo, claiming a coincidence, saying, “The meal was right for three and I knew that so I attended the seat.” Rep. Hwang said, “Three people accidentally sat at the next table, and as a result, up to six people were temporarily seated in one room, but it was an unintended coincidence, and I don’t even know the people who were there. In this case, I know that it is not a violation of the quarantine rules.”

Rep. Hwang explained about the meal expenses, “The three people’s meal cost 15 thousand won, and the taxi company representative paid it all, and I gave him 50,000 won in cash for my share.”

Daejeon = Reporters Kim Bang-hyun and Shin Jin-ho [email protected]