Korean Journalist Byun Hee-jae’s Statement After Arrest for Libel
Below is a video of Korean journalist Byun Hee-jae being perp walked to court for a libel arrest where he releases a statement about his unfair arrest. ROK Heads may remember that Byun is the Korean journalist who has been disputing the origin of the tablet PC that led to the eventual impeachment of former President Park Gun-hye:
What I found ironic about the video was that the JTBC President of news, Son Suk-hee went after Byun for libel because of protests against him.
The Seoul Central Prosecutors’ Office requested the warrant as JTBC anchor Sohn Suk-hee and the reporters as well as their families felt threatened.
Byun and his readers held rallies in front of Sohn’s residence and the church Sohn’s wife attended. Byun also warned that Sohn “could be murdered by the forces trying to conceal the truth if he doesn’t reveal the truth himself.” Byun denied the libel charges, claiming he was raising reasonable suspicions. [Korea Herald]
First of all let me state that I do not support anyone protesting in front of someone’s home or church. With that said the Korean left used protests against board members of KBS and MBC news to get them to resign. Labor union members followed the board members and their families to universities, workplaces, churches and other locations they went and harassed them. The harassment became too much and the board members resigned thus allowing the Moon Jae-in administration to appoint left wing board members to seize control of MBC and KBS.
The consolidation of these networks under left wing control eliminated negative coverage of President Moon from two of the biggest media outlets in Korea. The arrest of Byun Hee-jae can arguably be described as yet another attempt to suppress negative media coverage of the Moon administration. By throwing him in jail it will send a message to journalists working at the two major conservative newspapers the Chosun Ilbo and Joong Ang Ilbo to not publish negative stories about the Moon administration or its allies or face being arrested.
South Korea appears to prefer being governed by dictators.
I realize the voters are getting what they voted for, good and hard. I am saddened by how easily the country has abandoned personal liberty.
Still, there is hope that the people will wake up and choose something better. Not much hope with all media organizations and unions humming the same tune and thousands or maybe millions of waygook guestworkers; but the recent closure of the GM factory might jar some of them out of their current path.
It’s up to the South Korean voters to save South Korea if it can be saved. Time will tell if they’re up to the challenge.
South Korea has been sold up the Imijin River. Anyone seen that unification banner on old Seoul City Hall? The only thing left to come is the Northern hordes to claim their new homes.
If this guy was a South Korean Liberal and the government arresting him, a Conservative, there would be blood on the streets by now.
But since the shoe is fitted on the other feet, nobody gives a f*ck in South Korea.
Instead, the same people who would have gone berserk last year before Park got impeached, are now saying that he deserved to get arrested for spreading false lies and for being against Moon.
This is how South Korea’s supposed democracy has revolved. It’s not that everyone has the right to say or state what they think. It’s what you say and what you think that matters the most. Depending on that, the South Korean Moon loving populace will decide if it’s Democracy or not.
It’s a travesty.
The Moon Red Guards…………