On March 21 he told reporters at the "National Assembly" a lie that an opinion poll conducted by the Youido institute over candidates for Ulsan mayor found that the support rate for Kim Ki Hyon was 10 percent more than his major rival. On April 4 he again made a false announcement that an urgent opinion poll over candidates for governor of South Kyongsang Province showed that LKP candidate was going ahead of others in support rate.

The central election administration committee fined him 20 million won for such red herring operation.