Article: Nth Room members participated out of curiosity?… Hwang Kyo Ahn's 'Controversy'
Source: MBC
At a time when public sentiment over Cho Joo Bin's controversial "Nth Room" is at an all time high, Future Unified Party Chairman Hwang Kyo Ahn is causing extreme anger among Koreans.
The politician attended a press conference hosted by the Broadcasting Journalists Club on the 1st where he was asked,"whether they should unmask and punish the 260,000 members of the Nth Room." Hwang replied, "those that participated in the so-called Nth Room only did it out of curiosity. The punishment should be in accordance to their level of activity in the chatroom."
Public criticism grew over his remarks with many stating, "What is he saying? There should be ZERO tolerance for those involved in sex crimes. We shouldn't send a pathetic politician like him that's indifferent to sex crimes to the National Assembly."
As the controversy escalated, Hwang explained in a new statement, "I meant individual consideration is needed for judgement in this case."
- "Isn't this proof he's a chatroom member?"
- "Hwang Kyo Ahn-ni must've deposited 1.5 million won there out of curiosity"
- "This is not that outrageous at all because it's Hwang Kyo Ahn. It's only the media trying to cover it up."
- "Our curious Hwang Kyo Ahn-ssiㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ"
- "The fact that he really believes that level of bull**** just goes to show his class"
- "I'm sure he's a VIP member of the Nth Room"
- "What a disgusting person. I won't waste my breath criticizing him"
- "I guess murderers also do it out of curiosity thenㅋㅋㅋ"
- "There must've been a lot of politicians like him who were members of the chatroom. That's why he's working hard to cover it up"
- "Are there any normal politicians?"
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