Broadcaster Kim Ou-joon was reported to police by a civic group. On YouTube, he said, "During the president's overseas trip, there was neither a Cabinet meeting responding to the situation in the Middle East nor a countermeasures meeting," which, they say, is clearly false and defamed Prime Minister Kim Min-seok.
The Citizens' Action for Establishing Judicial Justice (hereinafter Sasehaeng) held a press conference on the 9th in front of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency's civil service office in Jongno District and said it "is filing a complaint against Kim Ou-joon for defamation by specifying false information under the Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection and for obstruction of business by fraudulent means under the Criminal Act."
Sasehaeng's complaint against Kim was over remarks he made on a YouTube program. On the 5th, on YouTube's "Kim Ou-joon's It's Hard to Be Humble News Factory," Kim said, "There wasn't even a Cabinet meeting responding to (the Middle East situation)," and "I'm anxious because there is no countermeasures meeting." In response, the Prime Minister's Office immediately countered that, from right after the Middle East crisis broke out, it had held a related Ministers' meeting every day.
Sasehaeng said, "Kim is known to have a special relationship with Democratic Party of Korea leader Jung Chung-rae," and argued, "With the aim of attacking and slandering Prime Minister Kim Min-seok, who is in a competitive relationship with Jung for the next party leader post, he specified false information."
Sasehaeng also included in the complaint Kim's claim that KTV had deliberately omitted footage on the 1st of leader Jung shaking hands as President Lee Jae-myung departed on his overseas trip, saying it "seriously shrank and obstructed broadcasting operations."