2024-04-08 04:21:27
Kim Hye-kyung, the spouse of Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myeong, who was indicted on charges of violating the Public Official Election Act, is attending a trial held at the Suwon District Court in Yeongtong-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do on the 8th. /Newsis
Kim Hye-kyung, the spouse of Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myeong, who is accused of providing meals to Democratic Party officials and others using a ‘Gyeonggi-do corporate card’ during the 2021 presidential election, had her first court appearance with the public interest informant in this case, Myung-hyeon Cho, on the 8th.
On this day, Mr. Cho said, “The defendant (Kim Hye-kyung) knew that I, a Gyeonggi-do government official, was delivering food to her home.” Mr. Kim looked at Mr. Cho without changing his expression throughout the trial.
On the 8th, Suwon District Court’s Criminal Division 13 (Presiding Judge Park Jeong-ho) held a second trial on Mr. Kim’s charges of violating the Public Official Election Act. At the trial on this day, the first witness examination was conducted regarding Mr. Cho, a public interest informant who ‘used a Gyeonggi-do corporate card for personal use’. Mr. Cho is the person who revealed, “Hye-kyung Kim and her secretary, Mr. Bae, personally used Gyeonggi-do corporate cards.”
Mr. Cho said that he has been working as a 7th grade special official in the secretariat of the Gyeonggi Provincial Office since March 2021 and personally accompanied Mr. Kim with his superior, a 5th grade administrative officer (special official) Bae.
On this day, Mr. Cho responded to the prosecution’s request, “Please explain your daily routine while working at the provincial office,” and he responded, “When I go to work, I am assigned an official car, organize Governor Lee Jae-myung’s (at the time) sandwiches and laundry, and receive instructions from Mr. Bae to use a corporate card at a restaurant. “I mainly paid and delivered it to the governor’s home in Sunae-dong (Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do),” he said.
The prosecution presented a screenshot of the Telegram conversation that Mr. Cho submitted to the investigative agency as key evidence. In this conversation, the details that Mr. Cho received from Mr. Bae or that he reported to Mr. Bae were detailed by time period.
The prosecution said, “Mr. Bae sent a message via Telegram on March 15, 2021, when the witness first went to work at the Provincial Office, saying, ‘From now on, I’m sorry for not being able to see, hear, and speak.’” Mr. Cho said, “Security matters are important.” “It was just one part,” he said. Then Mr. Kim slightly lowered his head and pouted his mouth downward.
On the morning of the 8th of last month, Cho Myung-hyun, who exposed the suspicion of personal misuse of corporate cards by Kim Hye-kyung, the spouse of Lee Jae-myeong, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, headed to the headquarters in Yeouido, Seoul to apply for proportional representation candidates for the People Power Party’s proportional satellite party, People’s Future, and answered questions from reporters. I am answering. /yunhap news
On this day, Mr. Cho said, “Mr. Bae and I were called the ‘madam team.’” “We sent holiday gifts to Governor Lee Jae-myung and Mr. Kim’s relatives.” “We sent fruit to Mr. Kim’s home once every two weeks.” “We sent sandwiches and sushi to his home.” He made statements such as “delivered to .” Mr. Cho said that most of these actions were carried out according to the words of Mr. Bae, who received instructions from Mr. Kim.
Mr. Cho also said that Mr. Kim instructed him to order specific food through Mr. Bae.
According to Telegram messages and call transcripts presented by the prosecution, Mr. Bae sent a message to Mr. Jo saying, “My wife wants me to order another sandwich for you, so tell me regarding the sandwich in the morning~” or “My wife asked me to make sushi for you tomorrow.” . Also, in the transcript of Mr. Bae’s phone call with Mr. Kim, “Madam (Mr. Kim), we will prepare lunch a little following 1 o’clock. There was also a text that said, “I wonder if I can put some fruit in your house.” Mr. Kim even blinked his eyes wide when this information was revealed in court.
Mr. Cho said that most food payments were made with the Gyeonggi Province corporate card, and that for times or items that might not be used with the corporate card, he paid with his personal card and received compensation from the provincial governor’s secretary’s office.
The prosecution said, “The witness encountered the defendant in front of the house,” and asked, “Did the defendant know that the witness and Mr. Bae delivered food as Gyeonggi-do government officials?” Cho responded, “Of course I knew.”
On this day, the defense lawyer raised an objection, saying, “The prosecution is focusing on the fact that (the witness) delivered food to his home, but what does this have to do with the election law indictment?” Regarding this, the prosecution said, “This is a case in which the defendant says that Mr. Bae paid (the cost of a Democratic Party official’s lunch) without his knowledge. Of course, the relationship between Mr. Bae and the defendant must be considered. “It is for the purpose of proving (the indictment),” he said.
Mr. Kim gave 104,000 won to three people, including the wife of a Democratic Party lawmaker, and his driver and lawyer at a restaurant in Seoul on August 2, 2021, following Representative Lee, who was serving as governor of Gyeonggi Province, declared his candidacy for the party’s primary. He was indicted on charges of violating the ban on donations under the Public Official Election Act by providing a large amount of meals.
It was discovered that Mr. Kim had Mr. Bae, who was acting as his secretary at the time, pay for the meal using a Gyeonggi Province corporate card. Mr. Bae was indicted on charges of violating the Public Official Election Act in relation to this matter and was sentenced to 10 months in prison and 2 years of probation in the second trial on February 14, and did not appeal, so the sentence was confirmed.
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