The agency of a comedian who parodied Chinese President Xi Jinping’s remarks was fined 2.8 billion won and property confiscated.
According to local media reports such as ‘Hongseong Newspaper’ on the 17th, the Beijing city authorities paid 13,353,816 yuan (approximately 2.55 billion won) to the agency of comedian Lee Haos (stage name House), who was controversial for parodying President Xi’s remarks on a talk show. decided on administrative disposition by imposing a fine of
In addition, the agency decided to confiscate the illegal income of 1,325,382 yuan (approximately 250 million won), claiming that it was unfairly taken. The city of Beijing plans to suspend the performance of the agency indefinitely and investigate and punish the organizations and venue officials who arranged the talk show.
Beijing said, “The People’s Army is a strong defender of national security and people’s well-being. Any act that damages the image of the People’s Army or hurts the people’s deep affection for its servicemen is unacceptable.” “The People’s Army should not be used as a means of ridicule.”
“We will resolutely reject actions that focus only on economic interests without considering results or social responsibility,” he said.
Rihaos, who uses the stage name ‘House’, talked about his experience of adopting two stray dogs on a talk show held in Beijing on the 13th, watching the stray dogs chasing squirrels, saying, “‘The attitude is good, and if you fight, you win (作風優良). , ability skills)’ came to mind.”
This is what President Xi emphasized at the 2013 Party Congress, emphasizing the need to build a strong army, saying, “We must build an army that follows the Party’s command, fights and wins, and has a good attitude.” It was a parody of what he said. In response, a post that said he insulted the People’s Army spread on social media.
People’s Daily, the official newspaper of the Communist Party, also said, “If you step on the line in pursuit of a one-sided laughter effect, you will fall into error. You have to have fear in your heart and be careful what you say.”
As the controversy grew, House’s agency publicly apologized and suspended House’s activities indefinitely, and the Beijing city launched a fact-finding investigation.
Source: Donga
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