2023-09-07 14:02:50
72 minutes of unedited audio file released
Jo Woo-hyung surrounded by the coffee he drank during the investigation
Suspicion of ‘political manipulation of the presidential election’ spreads
Kim Man-bae “Park Young-soo, make it happen as a special prosecutor”
Newstapa “Reporting for the people’s right to know at the time”
▲ Kim Man-bae, the major shareholder of Hwacheon Daeyu Asset Management, was released on the morning of the 7th due to the expiration of his detention period, and is listening to reporters’ questions from the Seoul Detention Center. 2023.9.7 Yonhap News investigative news agency Newstapa released the original 72-minute voice recording file and the full text of the transcript as suspicions of falsehood and manipulation of the ‘Kim Man-bae Recording Report’ grew on the followingnoon of the 7th.
This is an audio file of a conversation between Mr. Kim Man-bae, the major shareholder of Hwacheon Daeyu Asset Management, and Shin Hak-rim, former head of the press union, who was a member of the New Starpa, at a cafe in Pangyo, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do on September 15, 2021. When Newstapa first reported on March 6 last year, three days before the last presidential election, only a few excerpts from the interview were published.
In the transcript, Mr. Kim introduced former special prosecutor Park Young-soo to Daejang-dong loan broker Jo Woo-hyeong, who was under investigation by the Supreme Prosecutor’s Office in 2011, and said to the effect that President Yoon Seok-yeol, who was then head of the 2nd division of heavy investigation, covered up the case.
Regarding the controversial ‘coffee remarks’ that even came up with the claim of ‘manipulation of public opinion in the presidential election’, the remark that ‘the prosecution staff burned’ is confirmed. When Mr. Shin asked who Mr. Cho drank coffee with, Mr. Kim replied, “No, alone. The staff replied, “because they ride there.”
In the first report of Newstapa last year, Mr. Kim said, “(Mr. Cho) gave him a cup of coffee and said, ‘Go dude. Yoon Seok-yeol said, ‘Are you Jo Woo-hyung?’ While doing this,” he said, “Prosecutor ○○○ said he would send it to me following doing some coffee or something. So the incident is gone” was revealed.
Newstapa refuted claims of manipulation of public opinion in the presidential election, saying, “There is no fact itself that Kim Man-bae said, ‘Yoon Seok-yeol gave Jo Woo-hyung coffee’.” He then emphasized, “The key to the conversation is not coffee, but whether or not the investigation related to Jo Woo-hyung has subsided following introducing Park Young-soo to Jo Woo-hyung.”
Kim Man-bae “received request for recommendation for former special prosecutor Park Young-soo”
▲ On the 7th, the investigative news media Newstapa released the audio file of the conversation between ‘Kim Man-bae and Shin Hak-rim’. Newstapa screen capture. In the transcript, Mr. Kim also claimed that it was accomplished through his own efforts at the request of former special prosecutor Park Young-soo.
In the transcript, Mr. Kim said, “Haru (Park Young-soo)’It’s 10,000 bae, I need to conduct a special investigation. You go and talk to Jaekyung (Choi Jaekyung, former senior secretary for civil affairs at the Blue House) and ask for a special prosecutor. I took Seok-yeol for a special examination… ’ (requested)” he said.
Then, “I said, ‘Hyung, you can’t do it with Seok-yeol. But someone has to do it anyway, so it’s not bad to have someone we know well’ (I persuaded them).”
During the so-called ‘crisis of collapsing the consortium’ of the Daejang-dong party, Choi Soon-sil (renamed Choi Seo-won)’s side was also alleged to have intervened. Mr. Kim said, “Because I am close with lawyer Lee Kyung-jae. Soon-sil, I knew all regarding the existence of Jeong Yoon-hoe,” he said. I don’t know a single bank,” he claimed. He said that when the lawyer asked for help, he heard the answer, “Don’t worry,” and said, “Hoban (construction) tried to take away the bank we had tied up, but following that, they actively united with us.”
Newstapa denied the suspicion of manipulating public opinion, arguing that these remarks might not be seen as a ‘planned interview’ as they were unfavorable to Mr. Kim.
Newstapa “deeply apologizes for Shin Hak-rim’s financial transaction”
▲ Kim Man-bae, a private business operator in Daejang-dong. Meanwhile, Newstapa apologized when it was revealed that Mr. Kim bought three books written by Mr. Shin, who was an expert member, for 165 million won. At the same time, he explained that the interview with Mr. Kim was a report for the ‘people’s right to know’ considering the political situation of the presidential election at the time.
Newstapa said, “The background of the financial transaction will be clarified later through legal procedures, but the fact that we engaged in a large financial transaction with a reporter is an act that can never be tolerated in terms of journalism ethics, and we deeply apologize.”
In addition, “Shin delivered the transcript and audio file of the conversation he had with Kim on September 15, 2021, a few days before the money transaction, to Newstapa reporters in March of last year, and important information regarding the Daejang-dong incident, which emerged as a key issue in the presidential election political situation at the time, was released. We decided to report it for the public’s right to know,” he explained.
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