The vice president of South Korea's New World Group was bitterly criticized for his remarks on "eliminating the Communist Party", apologized in person, and was advised to "go to the doctor quickly"

Source: Global Times

[Global Times special correspondent in South Korea Li Hao] According to a report by Yonhap News Agency on the 13th, Jeong Rong-jin, vice president of South Korea's New World Group, apologized on the same day for his previous "extermination of the Communist Party" remarks. Mr. Jung's repeated ties to China have led to public skepticism about New World Group's business prospects in China; New World Group's unions have criticized him for being selfish, and many South Korean consumers have launched a "boycott of New World Movement", which has caused New World Group's stock price to plummet, and he has to bow his head and admit his mistakes.

Zheng Rongzhen said on his social media account on the 13th: "If I cause colleagues and customers to turn around and leave, then (my words and deeds) lack legitimacy." If I let others be hurt because of my freedom, it's all my fault. The relevant person in charge of the New World Group said on the 13th that The vice president of Zheng Rongzhen has now clearly realized that his words and deeds may harm the interests of customers and employees of the company, so he apologized today.

The news of Jeong's apology once made headlines on naver's economic channel, South Korea's largest search engine. "Zheng Rongzhen, who shouted for half a day to 'exterminate the Communist Party', finally apologized", South Korea's "Daily Economy" reported on the 13th that Zheng Rongzhen began to publish statements such as "hating the Communist Party" and "exterminating the Communist Party" on his personal social media last November, and said that "this is personal freedom". This month, he used those labels again and associated them with China and North Korea. Yoon Seok-yue, the presidential candidate of the South Korean National Power Party, who lagged behind in the polls, personally went to the New World Group's Easy Buy supermarket to buy goods symbolizing the harmonic sound of "exterminating the communist party" and posted it on personal social media, and the controversy over the "extermination of the communist party" continued to spread in South Korean political circles.

South Korea's "JoongAng Daily" reported on the 13th that the so-called "annihilation of the communist party" reminds many South Koreans of the language used during the Korean military dictatorship, so it has aroused disgust, and there have been voices on the South Korean Network to boycott the holding companies of the New World Group - South Korea's Starbucks and Easy Buy Supermarket, and some consumers even changed the logo of South Korea's Starbucks to a far-right symbol with the word Zheng Rongzhen. On the 12th, the National Easy-buy Labor Union under the South Korean Labor Union said that it was deeply worried about the words and deeds of the vice president of Zheng Rongzhen, who caused trouble to customers and the people and damaged the company's image, compared with the "annihilation of the Communist Party", Zheng Rongzhen seemed to first do his own job, "Has he thought about the jobs and income of the majority of basic employees?" ”

"Jeong Rong Town seems to be suffering from internet poisoning", Seoul Economics said on the 13th, Zheng Rong Town shouted "annihilation of the Communist Party" but was pulled out of the scandal of "once using obesity as an excuse to escape military service". A well-known commentator pointed out: "Zheng Rongzhen seems to be suffering from personal social network poisoning, and should quickly seek medical treatment from experts." ”