As the prosecution’s investigation into the Daejang-dong development project’s favoritism and lobbying allegations was postponed from day to day, the prosecution’s investigation into the summons of Jeong Jin-sang, deputy head of the Democratic Party’s Election Countermeasures Committee, is being questioned.
Deputy Chief of Staff Jeong has been with Democratic Party presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung since his days as Seongnam mayor, and he is considered to be the key figure in the investigation into the upper-level allegations in this case.
According to the legal circles on the 11th, the investigation team in charge of the Seoul Central Prosecutor’s Office (Team Leader Kim Tae-hoon, 4th Deputy Prosecutor) has been coordinating the summons investigation schedule with the head of the government for over a month since last month.
At the end of last year, when there was a report that the prosecution was refusing to appear, Deputy Director Jeong also stated that he was “adjusting the date of attendance.” There were speculations that he would be investigated by the prosecution at the beginning of this month, but that was not the case. It is known that the request for adjustment was made once more for reasons such as the election schedule.
Deputy chief of staff Hwang Moo-seong was accused of being involved in pressure to resign, the former president of Seongnam Urban Development Corporation (Seongnam City Corporation).
Last year, former president Hwang released a transcript of a conversation with the late Yuhan-gi, former head of Seongnam City Corporation’s development business division. It contains a statement of the intent of the request. Deputy Director Jeong was the head of the Seongnam City Policy Office at the time the recording of the resignation remarks was made.
Former President Hwang said that the transcript of Yoo’s resignation as head of development division was on February 6, 2015. Considering that the statute of limitations for the abuse of power is 7 years, the statute of limitations will expire at the beginning of next month.
With the death of former development manager Yoo, a key figure in the allegation of resignation, due to extreme choices last month, the investigation into the head of the government continues to be delayed, raising skepticism regarding the possibility that the case will be dealt with before the statute of limitations.
Deputy Director Jeong is also being accused of attempting to destroy evidence related to the allegation of Jangdong-dong. In September last year, it was revealed that the prosecution had had several phone calls with Yoo Dong-gyu, the former head of the planning division of Seongnam City Corporation, before the prosecution searched for them. When the search and seizure of the prosecution started, former head of the planning division Yoo threw the cell phone out of the house, and the police found the cell phone that the prosecution might not find.
As the controversy arose, Deputy Director Jeong said, “In the phone call, I asked Yoo not to hide if there was a mistake and to faithfully engage in the investigation.”
Deputy Director Jeong was known to have approved documents related to Daejang-dong while serving as the head of the policy office in Seongnam City. For this reason, it is also being suspected of being involved in the allegation of preferential treatment that the development profits were driven to private companies.
Since the head of the policy department was located just below the market, if there is a clue to prove his accusation, the power of investigation from above might be revived. However, the fact that the presidential election is less than two months away is expected to be a variable.
Meanwhile, the prosecution is also continuing the investigation into allegations of lobbying called the so-called ‘5 billion club’.
The prosecution’s decision on former lawmaker Kwak Sang-do, who is suspected of helping the Hwacheon Daewoo and Hana Bank consortium to overcome the crisis of bankruptcy (accusation of mediation) and that his son received 5 billion won (2.5 billion won) in the name of severance pay, etc. from Hwacheon Daeyu, is expected to come out soon. expected.
Former Special Prosecutor Park Young-soo, who worked as an adviser at Hwacheon Daeyu, was also investigated twice by the prosecution, who was accused of selling an apartment in Daejang-dong of her daughter who worked at Hwacheon Daeyu.
Prosecutors are also investigating the allegation of ex-Chief Justice Kwon Soon-il, who was the presiding judge of the election law violation case, in which Lee was found not guilty while serving as governor of Gyeonggi-do. He was reported to have received 15 million won a month as an advisor to Hwacheon Daeyu following his retirement in September 2020.
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