It is known that the prosecution identified an additional person suspected of helping the former chairman of Star Mobility (pictured) Kim Bong-hyun (pictured), the “Jeonju of Lime Asset Management,” and conducted a forced investigation. It is known that the prosecution did not find any clear clues until the 20th, although they tracked the whereregardings of former chairman Kim for 10 days following he turned off the location tracking device and ran away on the 11th.
According to the legal community on the 20th, the Seoul Southern District Prosecutors’ Office conducted a search and seizure of the residence of Mr. A, an entertainment agency official, on the 17th and secured Mr. A’s mobile phone. Former Chairman Kim fled in December 2019 ahead of an arrest warrant review, and was arrested by the police in April 2020, five months later, at a villa in Seongbuk-gu, Seoul. Mr. A is the person who booked a hotel room in Gangnam, Seoul where former Chairman Kim hid for a month. Prosecutors are also suspicious of whether Mr. A helped former chairman Kim escape.
Reporter Jeon Hye-jin sunrise@donga.com