Former Korea Communications Commission Chairperson Lee Jin-sook, who was arrested by police, said on the 2nd, "Did Lee Jae-myung order it? Did Jeong Cheong-rae order it? Or did the Gaeddal order it?"
Lee, the former Chairperson, held up her handcuffs to reporters while being taken to Yeongdeungpo Police Station in Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul, that afternoon and said this.
She also said, "Is it not enough to get rid of the organization called the Korea Communications Commission, and now you put handcuffs on this Lee Jin-sook?" adding that "a woman who said 'It's a war' comes to mind."
The "It's a war" remark Lee mentioned appears to refer to a "It's a war" message that Kim Hyeon-ji, then an aide (now secretary to the presidential office), sent in 2022 to Democratic Party of Korea leader Lee Jae-myung.
Police reportedly carried out the arrest that afternoon after Lee, the former Chairperson, failed to comply with a summons scheduled for the afternoon of the 27th of last month. Police requested her appearance three times in total, but the questioning did not take place.
Lee, the former Chairperson, said, "On the 27th of last month, (the ruling party) tried to pass a law to abolish the Korea Communications Commission and create a new body called the Broadcasting, Media and Communications Commission, and an unlimited filibuster by People Power Party lawmakers Choi Hyeong-du and Kim Jang-gyeom was scheduled."
She went on, "As the head of the agency, I naturally had to attend," claiming, "They are putting handcuffs on me for not coming to the police station because I was attending the National Assembly." The day before (the 1st), the Korea Communications Commission was abolished and the Broadcasting, Media and Communications Commission was launched, and she was automatically dismissed.
Lee, the former Chairperson, faces allegations of violating the State Public Officials Act for remarks that breached a public servant's duty of neutrality on a conservative-leaning YouTube channel and her own social media, and of violating the Public Official Election Act for pre-campaigning to block President Lee Jae-myung's election.
When asked by reporters, "What do you think about the criticism that you violated the duty of political neutrality?" Lee, the former Chairperson, answered only, "I spoke as part of self-defense," and entered the police station.
Police plan to review how to handle custody after questioning Lee, the former Chairperson. A suspect under arrest must be either requested for a detention warrant in court or released within 48 hours from the time of arrest.