“Did you come to watch?” “(To the assistant) Erase this.”
On the 27th, Congressman Jo Su-jin raised his voice in the corridor on the 4th floor of the Seoul Western District Law. It was after a sentence over allegations of reporting a reduction in property in last year’s election. He stole the smartphone from the hands of a broadcaster trainee who filmed himself with a smartphone. Pointing at the reporter with a finger, “Where are you affiliated? Where are you?” he asked. “What are you doing in court? “Have you been watching?”
Another reporter to him, who blocks coverage because it is a court, said, “It’s not a court, it’s a hallway. I am not a general public, but a member of the lawmaker, do I need to delete the video?” Rep. Cho replied, “You have to erase it.”
I took my smartphone after getting angry at the question of’concubine remarks’
The reporter’s eyes and ears were suspicious of Cho’s actions. He worked as a newspaper reporter for about 20 years and was recognized by the legal and political circles and entered the National Assembly as the 1st proportional representative of the 1st opposition party. I didn’t want to believe that it was from a media senior who knows the trouble of the youngest reporter who asks a question’like Sookmyung’ at the front line of the interview site.
Rep. Cho Su-jin, who received a fine of 800,000 won for reporting a reduction in property at the time of the 21st National Assembly member election, is leaving the Seoul Western District Court in Mapo-gu, Seoul on the afternoon of the 27th. News 1
On this day, Rep. Cho responded sensitively when a reporter asked, “Don’t think it is inappropriate to compare candidate Ko Min-jung to a concubine,” after expressing regret to the court who sentenced him to a fine of 800,000 won. Rep. Cho said, “I wrote that part on Facebook. What problem do I have?” In the process, he found a trainee who was filming his arguing with a reporter, and took his smartphone and handed it over to his assistants to erase the contents. After returning the smartphone to the reporter, the assistant staff confirmed that the video was deleted.
![In addition, Democratic Party Rep. Kwon In-sook (right) and Park Sang-hyuk are submitting a disciplinary bill to the National Assembly's Ophthalmology Department in Yeouido, Seoul on the morning of the 28th. [중앙포토]](https://i0.wp.com/pds.joins.com/news/component/htmlphoto_mmdata/202101/28/29f9a80a-c24d-4644-ae71-06cd6c3cc846.jpg?w=560&ssl=1)
In addition, Democratic Party Rep. Kwon In-sook (right) and Park Sang-hyuk are submitting a disciplinary bill to the National Assembly’s Ophthalmology Department in Yeouido, Seoul on the morning of the 28th. [중앙포토]
Under the media’s own spirit’power check’
After Rep. Cho left, about 20 reporters left on the scene all looked bitter. Some even said that they were “too surprised” at the behavior of taking the smartphone. Rep. Cho’s assertion, which was determined enough to delete his video, was also confirmed to be an error. An official from the Seoul Western District Law said, “It is impossible to shoot and record inside the court, but there are no separate regulations in the hallway. After he was elected as a proportional representative, Congressman Cho said, “The true spirit of the press is the criticism and checks of the’live power’, and that is the commonality between members of the National Assembly and reporters.”
He left without saying a word to the apprentice reporter, and he issued an apology entrance door that night. “My name is from a reporter, and I have committed too much excuse to reporters on the field,” he said. He said, “I was greatly shocked by the point of the (Election Law) ruling.” I hope that the apology has sincerity.
Reporter Kyung-Hyun Kyung-Hyun [email protected]