2023-11-17 13:38:00
Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myeong is attending the trial of the ‘Daejang-dong, Wirye, Seongnam FC, Baekhyeon-dong incident’ held at the Seoul Central District Court in Seocho-gu, Seoul on the 17th. / Yonhap News
Yoo Dong-gyu, former planning director of Seongnam Urban Development Corporation, appeared at Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myeong’s ‘Daejang-dong trial’ on the 17th and testified, “I have never heard that representative Lee dislikes private business owners like lawyer Namwook (owner of Cheonhwa-dongin No. 4).”
Mr. Yoo appeared as a witness at the trial held today at the 33rd Criminal Division of the Seoul Central District Court (Presiding Judge Kim Dong-hyeon) and said this. When the prosecution asked, “After the ordinance establishing the Seongnam Urban Development Corporation was passed by the city council (in February 2013), has CEO Lee ever said anything to the effect of ‘I hate Namwook?’” Mr. Yoo said, “I didn’t hear it.”
Mr. Yoo said, “I reported (to CEO Lee) that private companies, including Mr. Nam, played a role in the Daejeon-dong development project,” and added, “I helped (Representative Lee) with everything I might, so there is no reason to dislike him.” At that time, private businesses including Mr. Nam lobbied the Seongnam City Council and succeeded in passing the Seongnam Provincial Opening Ordinance.
When the prosecution asked, “Didn’t you tell Mr. Nam that ‘CEO Lee doesn’t like you guys?’” Mr. Yoo said, “I just told him that Kim Man-bae said that (to Mr. Nam), so I just adjusted it, but I never actually heard it.” In the so-called ‘Jung Young-hak transcript’ submitted to the prosecution by Jeong Young-hak (owner of Cheonhwa-dong Inn No. 5), a private businessman in Daejang-dong, there is a part where Mr. Yoo says to Mr. Nam, “(CEO Lee) XX doesn’t like you guys,” but this content is not true. This is the purpose.
Mr. Yoo also testified, “When Representative Lee was preparing for the Seongnam mayoral election, he chose former President Lee Myung-bak, who served as mayor of Seoul and became president, as his role model.” Mr. Yoo said, “When former President Lee was the mayor of Seoul, he restored Cheonggyecheon, and although he received a lot of criticism, it became a landmark following it was built.” He added, “Because construction can definitely become a landmark if it is done, I chose him as a role model.” “It’s the same,” he said. At the same time, Mr. Yoo added that CEO Lee also said that the establishment of Seongnam Provincial Construction is necessary to implement development projects that will build achievements.
Yoo Dong-gyu, former head of the Seongnam Urban Development Corporation, is attending the trial of the ‘Daejang-dong development corruption’ case held at the Seoul Central District Court in Seocho-gu, Seoul on the 10th./News 1
Mr. Yoo also testified that on this day, he received instructions from Jeong Jin-sang (former head of the political affairs coordination office at the Democratic Party representative office) to the effect of “investigating the background of Seongnam City council members who are critical (of Representative Lee).” In 2013, when Seongnam City Councilman A from the Saenuri Party (predecessor of the People Power Party) attacked Representative Lee, who was Seongnam Mayor at the time, Mr. Jeong ordered Mr. Yoo to take advantage of his weaknesses.
Mr. Yoo said, “Mr. Jeong said (regarding Councilman A) ‘the XX who (operates) a motel’ and told me to look into his background.” In response to the prosecution’s question, “Do you mean to investigate charges of soliciting prostitution related to a motel run by (City Councilman A)?” Mr. Yoo said, “It was a similar story.”
Meanwhile, Representative Lee, who attended the trial that day, remained silent and remained in the defendant’s seat despite Mr. Yoo’s testimony. At the end of the trial, when the defense team argued with the court over the issue of delaying the future trial schedule, Representative Lee himself laughed “hahaha” and asked the judge to “please consider this because it is a difficult situation.” However, following a brief discussion, the court did not accept Representative Lee’s request, saying, “I know it is difficult for the lawyers to prepare for the trial, but for now, we will proceed as previously announced (without changes).”
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