Prime Minister's Office Employee Who Identified Herself as a 'Private Citizen' to Han Dong-hoon Removed from Duties

The Prime Minister's Office announced that it has removed from duty an employee who answered 'private citizen' when Han Dong-hoon requested that she verify her identity. The controversy stems from a press conference involving Han Dong-hoon.

According to earlier reports, the issue arose when the office employee, asked by Han's side to confirm her identity, replied that she was a 'private citizen.'

As the personnel controversy triggered by the incident continued to grow, Prime Minister Kim Min-seok apologized for the surveillance-related controversy during a National Assembly interpellation session. With the removal-from-duty measure and the prime minister's apology, the government's response has been wrapped up for now, but the process of verifying how the employee came to answer 'private citizen' without disclosing her identity, and looking into the surveillance allegations, is expected to continue.