The Hankyoreh
Left wing South Korean newspaper The Hankyoreh claimed that there was concealment of investigation-related information by the Blue House. The Blue House officially denied that the presidential authorities had pressured the police and would sue other newspaper companies that repeated the allegation. The Commissioner of the National Police Agency was Cho Hyun-oh, a close associate of President Lee. This fit with the claim of a confidential phone call between Cho Hyun-oh and the Blue House and that the investigative report was released earlier to the Blue House.