Korean Prosecutors Ask for Arrest Warrant for Pollster with Ties to President Yoon’s Wife
As I have previously said, the Korean left is trying to make the pollster Myung Tae-kyun into Presidnet Yoon’s Choi Soon-sil:
Prosecutors on Monday requested an arrest warrant for Myung Tae-kyun, a self-proclaimed power broker, over allegations of interfering in candidate nominations in the 2022 parliamentary by-elections through his ties with then presidential candidate Yoon Suk Yeol and his wife.
They also filed warrants for Kim Young-sun, a former lawmaker of the ruling People Power Party (PPP), and two ex-candidates in the June 2022 local elections, citing risk of destruction of evidence, according to the Changwon District Court.
Myung, who runs a public polling agency, is suspected of receiving approximately 90 million won (US$65,200) from Kim on several occasions between August 2022 and December last year in exchange for his help in getting her nominated on the PPP ticket ahead of the 2022 by-elections.
He is also under suspicion of having secured Kim’s nomination in exchange for conducting customized polls in favor of then PPP presidential candidate Yoon for free. First lady Kim Keon Hee has also been suspected of involvement in the nomination process.
Myung has reportedly refuted the allegations, saying he never promised Kim he would help to get her nominated and that he was not in a position to do so.
You can read more at the link, but this guy is basically a pollster who was paid to generate polls favorable to certain candidates. All the polls that were wrong about the U.S. Presidential election should be a reminder that polls are used to shape public opinion not reflect it.
The election of President Trump is what is likely pushing this arrest warrant now because the Korean left needs to get Yoon impeached so they can get a leftist in power to counter Trump. Remember that former President Park Geun-hye was impeached for abuse of power and that is what the Korean left will try and claim Yoon was doing to get him impeached.
When prosecutors decided not to arrest Kim Keon-hee, @GIKorea hailed the move as evidence that the Korean justice system was functioning properly and that Kim was innocent.
Now, with prosecutors moving to arrest a “pollster” for influence peddling involving President Yoon and his wife, Kim Keon-hee, @GIKorea is crying foul.
Double standards from @GIKorea are nothing new, but this situation starkly exposes the hypocrisy and misinformation spread by right-wingers such as @GIKorea and @setnaffa to further their political agenda.
Pollster in Korea, you say?
I wondered what Gilbert Gottfried was up to.