PPP leader ends weeklong hunger strike after ex-President Park Geun-hye's visit

통일교·공천헌금 '쌍특검' 수용을 요구하며 여드레째 단식을 이어가던 장동혁 국민의힘 대표가 22일 건강 악화로 국회에서 병원으로 이송되기 위해 구급차에 타고 있다. [사진=연합뉴스]

SEOUL, January 22 (AJP) - Jang Dong-hyeok, the leader of the main opposition People Power Party (PPP), ended his weeklong hunger strike on Thursday as his health condition worsened.

Jang, who began the strike last Thursday, calling for independent investigations into allegations involving the Unification Church and other bribery cases, was taken to the hospital at around noon.

Jang said, "I'm ending mu hunger strike for a longer and bigger fight," adding that public anger over what he called the "tyranny of the corrupt Lee Jae Myung administration" and the ruling Democratic Party (DP) would "blaze like wildfire."

Yonhap

He decided to end the strike shortly after former President Park Geun-hye visited him at the National Assembly and urged him to stop, saying the public would recognize his sincerity.

Park said, "While people may differ in their views, the public will recognize the sincerity of his fight as a politician for what he believes is right."

Adding that they could meet again, she asked him to regain his health soon, saying "more difficulties could lie ahead."

Several lawmakers including his fellow party members along with Lee Jun-seok, the leader of the minor centrist Reform Party, earlier visited him, urging him to end his fasting.
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