Kim Jong-min and Yong-gu’s taxi driver assaulted, “Wake up while you sleep, you can get angry”

Together with Supreme Council member of the Democratic Party Kim Jong-min, they are all speaking at the Supreme Council meeting held at the National Assembly in Yeouido, Seoul. 2020.12.21 / News1 © News1 Reporter Seong Dong-hun

Regarding the case of assault of a taxi driver by Vice Minister of Justice Lee Yong-gu on the 24th, Kim Jong-min, the leading member of the Democratic Party, said: “The taxi driver wakes up in his sleep.

Chief Commissioner Kim said in an interview with MBC radio that day: “I did not review the situation at the time, but because of the circumstances that have arisen so far, why don’t you sleep if you take a taxi home while drinking alcohol. ? What happened in that extension? ” He said so.

He said: “It’s not a case of power-type corruption or abuse of power, but some friction between individuals,” he said. “At the time, there was an act that could be suspected to be a bit of assault, but I think there was a measure in the state of awakening after awakening alcohol. did.

“It’s a question of how the parties judge how important it is,” he said. “It is not something inappropriate in the process of exercising power or something like that, but a kind of conflict or personal friction, and I think the opinion of the taxi driver was reflected in an important way.” did.

At the point that the alleged violation of the Aggravated Penalty Law for specific crimes was not applied to this loan, he said: “If you arrive at the destination and inform yourself that you have arrived, you are supposed to judge that it is not in force” . I think there is a relationship. “

Vice Minister Lee is charged with assaulting a taxi driver while drunk in front of his apartment house in Seocho-gu, Seoul, on the night of the 6th of last month while working as a lawyer. At that time, it was learned that the police ended the internal investigation applying the charges of general assault, not the Special Act, based on the statement that they did not want the taxi driver to be punished.

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