On April 30, 2018, Seong-eun Jo posted on Facebook, "Someone always asks. “Why are you following along with CEO Park Ji-won?” he said.
The Hankyoreh, in the title of 'Who is the 'informer' Jo Sung-joon who met Park Ji-won?', mentioned the invitation of then-president Park Ji-won to the banquet for the April 27 Inter-Korean Summit held in Panmunjom. He has become a symbol of history that transcends political parties rather than just one person.” He wrote, “Someone always asks. “Why are you following along with CEO Park Ji-won?” he said.
In response to his remarks on the 3rd, “I got the phone number of the chief of the Supreme Prosecutor’s Office and made a call requesting protection of the public interest whistleblower directly,” Cho said on his Facebook page on the 11th, “I submitted it directly to the investigation agency even after taking personal risks.”
On the 12th, on Facebook, Mr. Cho said, "I asked for phone numbers from close legal reporters and contacted Han Dong-soo, head of the Inspection Department of the Supreme Prosecutors' Office directly (with the phone number I found out), and said, 'I want to file a public interest report.'" Revealing 'close legal reporters'
Newsbus, the first media outlet, suggested cooperation with reporters from the major media, as there were no legal reporters.
In an interview with Chosun Ilbo on the 12th, Cho said about meeting Park Ji-won, head of the National Intelligence Service, at the hotel in an interview with Chosun Ilbo. I had said that I was close to former President Yoon, so I could not discuss it at all when I met him because I thought that if I talked about allegations related to former President Yoon, it could get into the ears of former President Yoon through President Park.”
The Hankyoreh said at a hotel meal, "Ex-Vice Chairman Cho posted a picture on Facebook at the time and wrote "moments of conversation with history">, omitting 'Never' from the beginning to avoid plural meetings, and Mr. Cho said 'once' earlier. , Director Park took revenge by saying 'between calling and meeting often'.
The photo of the high-rise room at Lotte Hotel that Cho posted on Facebook shows the window frame and the large table in the foreground, so it looks like a special room below the 38th floor, not the restaurant, and the NIS did not block the disclosure of the private office.
On the 12th, the JoongAng Ilbo conducted an investigation to the effect that the Supreme Prosecutor's Office Inspection Department's Inspection Division 3 conducted an investigation to the effect that last week's interview with the staff of the Supreme Prosecutor's Office for Investigation and Information, had seen any complaints raised about allegations centered on the employees who worked with Prosecutor Sohn. We could not secure a statement," it was reported.