Defamation Campaign Against Goheung Mayor Candidate Gong Yeong-min Sparks Legal Threats

Ahead of the Goheung County Mayor election, rumors claiming candidate Gong Yeong-min would face disqualification within six months have resurfaced, prompting his campaign to announce legal action. Following recent revelations that allegations of illegal campaign funds and preferential land purchases amounting to 300 million won, first raised on a YouTube channel on the 19th, were false, Gong's campaign stated on the 20th that they view this latest rumor as baseless slander and intend to report the original author, planner, and those who redistributed it to judicial authorities.

Some Goheung residents and civic groups, expressing fatigue with these defamatory smear campaigns, have praised Gong's achievements during his second term as county mayor and asserted that such regressive election tactics will find no foothold. They hold expectations for the region's development.

Goheung citizens have positively evaluated Gong's pledge for his second term: the 'Aerospace Complex City and 100,000 Population Policy by 2030.' They anticipate that, in conjunction with the passage of the special law for the administrative integration of Jeonnam and Gwangju, he can accelerate progress on regional issues as the foremost county mayor for national fiscal operations.