PPP leader cancels meeting with new PM to visit Gwangju amid murder case controversy

Opposition leader Jang Dong-hyeok was set to visit the southwestern city of Gwangju on Thursday to meet with its police chief amid growing controversy over the police handling of a murder case involving a female high school student.

Rep. Jang of the main opposition People Power Party was initially scheduled to meet with Prime Minister Han Seong-sook at the National Assembly but canceled the meeting to visit Gwangju instead.

During his meeting with the commissioner of the Gwangju Metropolitan Pol