Cha Myong-jin

Cha Myong-jin (, born 14 August 1959) is a South Korean activist and politician. He served as a member of National Assembly from 2006 to 2012 at Sosa District of Bucheon, and also used to be the deputy parliamentary leader and spokesperson of Grand National Party, the predecessor of Liberty Korea Party.

Cha is a controversial figure accused of various hate speeches, as an example when he criticized the families of the victims of MV Sewol tragedy using harsh words.

Early life Cha was born in Seoul in 1959 He earned a Bachelor's Degree in Political Science and Diplomacy and a Master's Degree in Political Science from Seoul National University. After being discharged, he joined a labour movement

Political career Kim Moon-soo, former Governor of Gyeonggi Province that Cha used to aid. Cha started his political career from the left-wing Popular Party He then became the deputy parliamentary leader of his party. He served as the GNP spokesman after his victory in 2008 election.

He became well known for 2 issues in 2010, one for known as "Emperor's meal"

Cha lost to Kim Sang-hui in 2012.

On 1 July 2019, Cha declared to withdraw his endorsement towards Hwang Kyo-ahn, the-then President of the LKP, for "praising" the Trump-Kim-Moon DMZ meeting.

On 20 August 2020, it was announced that Cha tested positive for COVID-19 after having attended an anti-government rally on 15 August.

Controversies Remarks about Park Won-soon On 11 October 2011, Cha provoked a controversy after calling Park Won-soon, the oppositions' sole candidate for the Mayor of Seoul, as "an extreme socialist supporting pro-North Korean forces". His remarks was widely condemned by the other parties, including the ruling Democratic, Bareunmirae, PDP, etc. On 22 April, MBN banned him from performing on any of their programmes, and the bereaved of the tragedy filed a lawsuit against him. On 4 June, he reactivated his Facebook account and updated a post; several medias considered that he had no intention to apologise for his remarks.

Remarks about Moon Jae-in On 6 June 2019, 2 days after he reactivated his Facebook, Cha again provoked another controversies for his Facebook post. In the post, he did not just call for the impeachment of the President Moon Jae-in but also urged the other MPs to call Moon as "commie bastard" for "praising" Kim Won-bong. Cha repeated his remarks on 17, 23 and 29 June, with additional words "dunce", and asked Moon to go to North Korea.

Anti-Japanese movement On 28 July 2019, Cha criticised anti-Japanese movement as the "shallow idea of Moon". He added that Moon is a "nerd" who doesn't deserve to be a leader.

Sexual slur incidence On 8 April 2020, Cha again provoked a controversy when he mentioned that some of bereaved families were involved in "threesome party" at an election debate 2 days ago. Some sources reported that the United Future Party (UFP) was considering to sack him from the party. The party president Hwang Kyo-ahn has apologised for the incident.