PPP lawmaker Lee Jin-suk appears before police after filing complaint over 'female Hitler' remark

People Power Party lawmaker Lee Jin-suk appeared before police Sunday after filing an insult complaint against Democratic Party of Korea leader Kim Min-seok over his remark calling her a "female Hitler."

The Seoul Yeongdeungpo Police Station summoned Lee for questioning as the first complainant in the case. Speaking to reporters before the interview, Lee said, "Hitler was a perpetrator of ethnic cleansing who massacred 6 million Jews," and asked, "Is he threatening me by comparing me to Hitler and saying he will drive me out of this country?"

Kim made the original remark at a joint Democratic Party speech rally in South Jeolla Province and Gwangju on Aug. 15, saying he would "ensure that neither a female Chun Doo-hwan nor a female Hitler can set foot in this country."

Lee urged Kim to submit to questioning as soon as possible. "I strongly urge the leader, as a respondent, to be investigated at the earliest opportunity," she said.

On Aug. 26, Kim made a further remark directed at Lee, saying he had "come to think it might be better to settle on calling her the 'female Chun Doo-hwan.'"

Lee said she planned to file an additional complaint over that remark as well, arguing that "a leader of the ruling party should use more measured language."