The belated move came after the PPP's internal investigation into hundreds of defamatory comments about disgraced former President Yoon Suk Yeol and his wife Kim Keon Hee on the party-run online bulletin board, allegedly posted by Han and his family members in November 2024.
Han's expulsion immediately prompted backlash from PPP lawmakers aligned with him, who called it "retaliation for Han's open opposition to Yoon's Dec. 3 declaration of martial law in 2024 and his later support for Yoon's impeachment, which went against the conservative party's dubious stance at the time.
Some close to Han even described it as the "death of democracy within the party."
But the committee accused Han of attempting to manipulate public opinion through those online posts in violation of party rules, making him subject to the harshest disciplinary measure.
In response, Han wrote on Facebook, "I will defend democracy with the people."
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