Roh Moo-Hyun Must Explain His Comment on Nationalization of Newspapers at the Congress

Reiterating the proposal of Roh Moo-Hyun from the New Millennium Democratic Party in August last year at the Culture and Tourism Committee in the Congress on the 25th, Nam Kyung-Pil lawmaker of the Grand National Party (GNP) said, “it requires to reveal the truth by calling candidate Roh, Rhee In-Je, and 5 reporters accompanies with them. ”

Lawmaker Nam insisted, “it was made public in the process of presidential nomination race of NMPD that candidate Roh proposed to cease to publish specific newspaper and nationalize major newspapers, and the reporters present testify the utterance over cease publication. The truth should be disclosed, as president’s view on the press is a lot important. ”

In addition, he urged, “candidate Roh should appear at the Culture and Tourism Committee and explain the details of his proposal that `Dong-A and Chosun should wash their hands off the race. ”

Jong-Koo Yoon jkmas@donga.com