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“Is this job only done by my young reporters? (After the MBC report) There were reports that were not properly confirmed. The reputation of the journalists was seriously damaged. Reporter Lee Dong-jae told me that he seems to have fallen into a trap, but it’s a shame that I couldn’t get him out of the trapped situation because I couldn’t control and supervise him properly. “(Bae Hye-rim, former leader of the Canal legal team TO)
On the 19th, the prosecution conducted a newspaper witness against former Channel A reporter Lee Dong-jae (35), who was arrested on charges of attempted coercion, and Bae Hye-rim, former leader of the Channel’s legal team A, who was the head of Channel A reporter Baek Seung-woo (30), who was charged with imprisonment. On the afternoon of that day, a witness newspaper will be held against former Channel A social director Hong Seong-gyu.
Hong Seong-gyu, former head of the Department of Social Affairs and former head of the legal team Bae Hye-rim, who were scheduled to attend the seventh trial on the 4th, did not attend the trial due to the lack of closure, but at the ninth trial on the 19th. , appeared as witnesses.
When former reporter Lee Dong-jae was a reporter for the legal team of the Ministry of Social Affairs, reporters Hong Seong-gyu and Hye-rim Bae were the head of the social department of Channel A and the leader of the legal team of the Ministry of Social Affairs , respectively. Reporter Hong Seong-gyu returned to the editorial department as lead reporter in late September after a three-month suspension of disciplinary action on suspicion of collusion with prosecution and violation of coverage ethics. Reporter Bae Hye-rim is being suspended for six months.
Channel A fired reporter Lee Dong-jae, who was referred to the Human Resources Committee on June 25 for violating reporting ethics. Reporters Hong and reporters Bae were also disciplined on the same day.
On the morning of the 19th, the exclusive 1 Seoul Central District Criminal Court (Judge Park Jin-hwan) held the ninth trial for former reporters and reporters Paik.
Reporter Bae said: “I did not know specifically what kind of letter Lee was sending to Lee Chul, who is in custody, and after meeting with informant X, Jiamugae, I did not receive a report on what kind of conversation he had communicated in detail. Furthermore, the former reporter went to Busan to meet with prosecutor Han Dong-hoon and did not receive a detailed report on the report. ”
The prosecution presented evidence that a former reporter posted on Channel A’s legal team group chat room, saying: “A case involving the persuasion of Lee Chul’s representative to manipulate Sillagen’s stock price.” Persuading a family member along the way of ‘and receiving a ledger of money from politicians like Shimin Yoo. Representative Lee Cheol is incarcerated in Nambu Detention Center and Vice President Bum Jaehoon is in Gyeongju Prison. On a day off or a day without a driver, I will visit Yangju one by one and continue. ”
The prosecution asked reporter Bae, “Did the defendant read this article posted in the legal team group chat room?”, And reporter Bae said, “I could not confirm at the time. In the investigation committee process, I saw Article “. When the prosecution again asked, “I posted this article in the chat room, have you received any reports?” Reporter Bae firmly said, “No.”
The prosecution told reporter Bae, “I made a voice call with Han Dong-hoon for five minutes around March 23. “What kind of conversation was it?”, And reporter Bae said, “I relayed the internal situation of the company. It was discussed who the recording party was and I don’t know what purpose it served, but (after MBC’s report), we shared the situation in case the reporter (Han Dong-hoon) received an embarrassing request while the other company covered it with we “.
On March 31, when the prosecutor asked what was the reason for the voice chat with a prosecutor on March 31, reporter Bae said, “Since MBC started the coverage, prosecutor Han Dong-hoon complained of resentment and Channel A responded firmly. I asked. Channel A’s position was the window to communicate with prosecutor Han Dong-hoon, so I only called 11 times to express his position. ”
Lee Cheol, a former VIK representative (former Shillazen shareholder) who is close to passport staff, suspected of having confiscated or threatened to confiscate passport staff such as Roh Moo Hyun Group chairman Ryu Si-min after meeting the Prosecutor Han Dong-hoon, a close friend of Attorney General Yoon Seok-yeol. This incident was announced in MBC’s report last March.
However, there was also criticism of the prosecution’s investigation since there was no conclusive evidence to support the alleged conspiracy with a prosecutor in the former reporter’s complaint.
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