Former People Power Party representative Han Dong-hoon partially won a damages lawsuit he filed against former Open Democratic Party Supreme Council member Hwang Hee-seok (currently a lawyer) who stated that he 'tracked the accounts of the Roh Moo-hyun Foundation,' and against TBS Traffic Broadcasting, which aired the remarks. The court ruled that they must compensate Han 10 million won.
On the 12th, Kim Min-ji, a single judge at the Seoul Central District Court, ruled in favor of Han in the first trial over the damages claim he filed against Hwang and TBS. Judge Kim said, 'The defendants shall jointly pay 10 million won to Han.'
Hwang said during his appearance on TBS's YouTube in November 2021, '(Han) completely opened all the transaction records by tracking the accounts of the Roh Moo-hyun Foundation from September to October 2019, and in that process, he engaged in 'collusion between the media and prosecutors' by sharing information with a Channel A reporter to catch former chairman Yoo Si-min.'
Han claimed he never tracked the accounts and that Hwang spread false information. Following his police complaint in December 2021, he filed a 200 million won damages lawsuit against Hwang and TBS at the Seoul Central District Court.
Separately from this trial, Hwang was indicted without detention on defamation charges against Han in December 2022. The first and second trials sentenced Hwang to a fine of 5 million won, and this judgment was finalized by the Supreme Court in October last year. In response, the Korean Bar Association imposed a disciplinary penalty of 5 million won on Hwang, who is a lawyer, on December 16 of last year.