Comedian Lee Sang-min sends overflow cup to PPP leader Jang after sending straws to Choo

Comedian Lee Sang-min, who previously sent straws to Gyeonggi Province Governor Choo Mi-ae over her controversial "fire department fiscal straw" remarks, said he has now sent a traditional Korean overflow cup to People Power Party leader Jang Dong-hyeok.

Lee posted Wednesday on his SNS under the title "Following the straws," saying he had sent Jang a "gyeongbae" — a traditional cup designed to overflow when filled past a certain level. He included a photo of the cup along with an order receipt showing Jang's National Assembly office as the delivery address.

A gyeongbae is a traditional Korean drinking vessel engineered to drain from the bottom if wine is poured beyond a set point. Its name roughly means "a cup that cautions against being too full," carrying a message against excessive greed and overindulgence.

"I trust everyone knows what a gyeongbae means," Lee added. "I sent it Wednesday, so it should arrive soon. The recording was shocking — there's no shortage of impressions I could do of it."

The recording Lee referred to appears to be audio clips recently released by conservative YouTube channels "Sinuihansu" and "Hong Cheol-gi TV," in which a person believed to be Jang is heard using profanity during a drinking gathering.

Those who released the footage said it was recorded by a third party at a restaurant in July last year, ahead of the PPP leadership election, during a dinner with polling analysts.

Lee said Tuesday on CBS Radio's "Park Jae-hong's Hanpan Seungbu" that he planned to send Jang "a drum — a toy drum for toddlers." The remark was widely interpreted as a jab at Jang after he was photographed beating a drum at a protest at Olympic Park.

With the old recording now public, however, Lee appeared to have swapped the toy drum for the overflow cup — a vessel whose message is a warning against excess.

Meanwhile, Lee had earlier drawn attention by sending five packs of 50 straws each to Governor Choo over her "fire departments are a straw" remarks. He also said Monday that he had sent straws to Democratic Party of Korea lawmaker Bu Seung-chan, who had sparked controversy with his own comment that "fire departments suck up fiscal resources."