2024-04-22 11:47:15
During the trial of Kim Yong, a former vice director of the Korea Institute for Democracy, who was accused of receiving illegal political funds, circumstances were revealed in court showing that Mr. Kim’s associates, who were arrested and charged for perjury of a witness, he even planned preparations following the fact, including getting a job at a law firm immediately following giving false testimony. These are people who actively participated in Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung’s last presidential election campaign.
Park, an official of Democratic Party chief Lee Jae-myeong’s former presidential campaign committee, attends the substantive review of the term of office held at the Seoul Central District Court in Seocho-gu, in Seoul on January 15. /News 1
On the 22nd, Judge Choi Min-hye of the 26th Criminal Division of the Seoul Central District Court held the second trial of the “perjury instigator” case once morest Kim Yong’s close associates Mr. Park and Mr. Seo , and followed the documentary investigation. proceedings in which the prosecutor presented evidence to prove his charges. Also on trial was Lee Hong-woo, former director of the Gyeonggi Province Trade Promotion Agency, who was indicted without detention for perjury at their request.
This lawsuit relates to Mr. Kim’s movements on May 3, 2021, the day designated as the day he received 100 million won in illegal political funds from Dong-gyu Yoo (former head of the Seongnam Urban Development Corporation). The prosecution estimates that Mr. Kim received 100 million won in cash at the Yuwon Holdings office in Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do this followingnoon. When the prosecution specified “May 3” as the date of receipt during the trial, Mr. Park and Mr. Seo created a false alibi and incited perjury as if Mr. Kim had met another person on that day.
◇ Disguised as a law firm employee, “wearing a bulletproof vest” “to avoid tackles”, he sent a KakaoTalk message to his wife
In court that day, documents were revealed that on May 8 last year, a law firm applied to the Seoul Bar Association to register Mr. Park and Mr. Seo as office workers. The law firm in question is headed by lawyer Lim, who worked as a close associate of Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung. The prosecution also revealed a KakaoTalk message that Mr. Park sent to his wife immediately following being hired. The message at the time included the following: “I am an employee of all three law firms,” ”I wear a bulletproof vest to protect myself from attacks by prosecutors” and “To prevent the tacklers from asking ‘Qu ‘are you ? “.
This point is said to have occurred just following Mr. Lee Hong-woo actually perjured during the trial of Mr. Kim Yong. Mr. Lee Hong-woo appeared as a witness at Mr. Kim’s trial in early May last year and made a statement that “on the day Mr. Yong Kim was accused of receiving Mr. Yoo Dong-gyu’s money, I had a meeting with him at another location.” This information was revealed to be false testimony thanks to the prosecution’s tracking of his movements.
Prosecutors believe they disguised themselves as employees in case perjury was discovered. He said he was hired as an employee to pretend he was simply helping Mr. Kim, as the lawyer had asked him to do.
Kim Yong, former vice president of the Korea Institute for Democracy, appears during a trial related to receiving illegal funds for the presidential election held at the Seoul Central District Court in Seocho-gu , in Seoul, in August 2023. /News 1
◇Lawsuit: “There is no reason to delete the data unless it is for Kim Yong’s alibi. »
In court that day, the circumstances under which Mr. Park prepared a specific response in October 2022, when Mr. Kim was under investigation by the prosecution for receiving illegal political funds, were also revealed. been revealed. Mr. Park’s Telegram message said: “The fact that the prosecution might not identify (Kim Yong’s accusations) seems to mean that there is a weakness.” “We need to check based on the latest schedule and see if we can collect the location information of the base stations ourselves.” However, Mr. Yong Kim was arrested and charged with receiving illegal political funds in November the following month.
The prosecution said: “Mr. Park and Mr. Seo created Kim Yong’s alibi by gathering the schedules of people around him in advance to create an alibi for Kim Yong in the future trial, creating KakaoTalk conversation history, sharing it and updating additional information. .”
Mr. Park and Mr. Seo are said to have deleted much of the data they had fabricated for Mr. Kim’s alibi once the investigation began. The prosecution also said, “If it were not for the purpose of fabricating Mr. Kim Yong’s alibi, there is no reason for Mr. Park and Mr. Seo to intentionally delete these materials,” adding : “In order to prove (the accused’s) claim), it is rather natural to retain them rather than delete them,” he said.
◇ Presiding judge: unusual “reprimand” once morest the accused for not even verifying the data
During the investigation of documentary evidence, the judge unusually yelled at Mr. Park. The judge asked Mr. Park if he was willing to admit some of the data presented by the prosecution as evidence, but when he replied that he “did not confirm properly”, he began to point out the issue. The judge said: “Don’t you need to check it properly?” “Why don’t they even check? In response, Mr. Park’s side asked, “Why are you angry?” ” and replied: “We will look at it later and give our opinion.” A legal expert said: “This may have been a warning to the defendants once morest poor trial preparation and slowing down the proceedings.” »
Mr. Park and Mr. Seo denied the charges during their first trial on the 18th of last month. Mr. Park and Mr. Seo also expressed their intention to exercise their right to remain silent in court, saying: “The accused’s right to refuse to testify is recognized, so we can refuse to question the ‘accused. Mr Lee Hong’s camp acknowledged the accusations and said it was considering it.
During the first trial in November last year, Mr. Kim Yong was found guilty of receiving a total of 670 million won, including illegal political funds, from Mr. Yoo, and was sentenced to five years in prison and fined 70 million won. . Mr. Kim is currently the subject of an appeal trial.
The next trial is scheduled to take place today, May 29. On that day, the interrogation of the prosecution witness regarding Mr. Lee Hong-woo will take place.
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