Rep. Kim Eui-gyeom raised the suspicion
“I feel sorry for the president and others involved”
It was found on the 24th that cellist A, the originator of the so-called ‘Cheongdam-dong drinking party’ suspicion that President Yoon Seok-yeol and Justice Minister Han Dong-hun had a drink with regarding 30 Kim & Chang lawyers, “was a lie” to the police.
The Seocho Police Station in Seoul investigated Mr. A for regarding 3 hours the day before. In the investigation, Mr. A is said to have stated, “I lied to deceive my ex-boyfriend.” Mr. A has been refusing to respond to the police summons, but is known to have appeared as the investigation network narrowed.
The police forensic the cell phone of Mr. B, the ex-boyfriend of Mr. A, who reported the suspicion of drinking to Democratic Party lawmaker Kim Eui-gyeom, and also confirmed that Mr. A was not at the bar following midnight. The police confirmed the location information by issuing a communication warrant for Lee Se-chang, former acting president of the Freedom Federation, who was designated as a drinking party, and concluded that they had left the bar around 10:00 pm.
Rep. Kim said in a text message to reporters that day, “The person who said he saw the so-called ‘Cheongdam-dong drinking party’ said to the police that it was a lie.” If the statement is true, as the first person to openly raise this suspicion, I express my deep regret to the people involved, including President Yoon Seok-yeol.”
Previously, on the 24th of last month, Congressman Kim asked a minister at the Ministry of Justice’s parliamentary audit, “Did you have a drink with 30 Kim & Chang lawyers and President Yoon at a bar in Cheongdam-dong on the late night of July 19-20?”
The recording released by Rep. Kim at the time is a conversation between A and B on July 20. It’s 1 o’clock in the morning,” he said. It is said that President Yoon and Minister Han had a drink with lawyers until following midnight.
In response, a minister said, “If I were in that place or within 1km of that place, what would I bet?” “I have never been to that place. Give reasons why I went. Words that slander me.”
The police plan to investigate how the contents of Mr. A’s message to Mr. B were distributed and how the recording was passed on to Rep. Kim.
