Bae, a key figure in the case of Kim Hye-kyung, the wife of Lee Jae-myung, the new Democratic Party leader, appears at the interrogation of the suspect before arrest held at the Suwon District Court in Yeongtong-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do on the morning of the 30th. yunhap news
The police applied for an arrest warrant for the former Gyeonggi Provincial Government’s special rank 5 public official, Bae, who is a key figure in the suspicion of misappropriation of the Gyeonggi corporate card by Kim Hye-kyung, wife of Lee Jae-myung, the new party leader of the Democratic Party, but was rejected on the 31st.
Judge Kim Gyeong-rok of the Suwon District Court dismissed the preliminary arrest warrant for Bae, who was charged with breach of the Public Official Election Act, etc.
Judge Kim said, “In view of the evidence collected so far, it is necessary to guarantee the right of defense of the suspect, and it is difficult to believe that the necessity and relevance of the arrest have been sufficiently explained at this stage.”
Bae, who is suspected of acting as Kim’s assistant, is at the center of various suspicions such as the private misuse of Gyeonggi-do corporate cards and the issuance of illegal prescriptions that have been raised once morest Kim.
As the arrest warrant for Bae was dismissed, it is likely to affect the investigation of Mr. Kim, who has been pointed out as a superior in this case. The police have suspected that it is highly likely that Mr. Kim directly instructed Mr. Bae as the misappropriation of corporate cards had been taking place for a long time, but as Bae’s new recruits might not be secured, further investigations became virtually difficult.
Earlier, in the process of leaving the court following completing the substantive examination of the warrant, Bae did not respond to questions from reporters such as “Do you admit the charges?” and “Did Kim Hye-kyung give you instructions?”
Prior to the police subpoena investigation on the 23rd, Kim’s side said, “There is clear evidence that Kim was unaware that he was using a corporate card, but it is regrettable that the police even conducted a subpoena investigation.”
On the same day, CEO Lee also shared on social media service network (SNS), “In the investigation, it was confirmed that my wife never used a card, and that the card was written by the mother’s secretary.” He also said that he gave.
Bae is accused of having Mr. A, a 7th grade secretarial in Gyeonggi-do, purchase food such as sushi and beef with a Gyeonggi corporate card and deliver it to Mr. Kim, and get a prescription for the drug to purchase.
In December of last year, the People’s Power argued that “Kim has had Bae as an assistant secretary for three years from 2018”, raising suspicions that “Isn’t the three-year salary of an officer paid with blood tax used for ‘Kim’s protocol’?” Lee, Kim, and Bae were charged with abuse of power and loss of the national treasury.
In February, the People’s Power additionally accused Kim of mobilizing public officials for private errands such as food delivery and housework, paying for personal food with a Gyeonggi corporate card or obtaining illegal prescriptions in someone else’s name. .
When these allegations surfaced during the 20th presidential election, Bae countered that it was a false fact, but civic groups and other civic groups accused Bae of violating the Public Official Election Act, saying that he had published false information.
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