2024-04-22 09:55:00
When Lee Hwa-young, the former vice-governor of Gyeonggi Province, accused in the case of “illegal transfers of wool from Ssangbang to North Korea”, expressed suspicions of “mobilizing all the lawyers” following the prosecution “drank and cajoled”, the prosecution” announced on the 22nd: “The lawyer met at the request of Lee Hwa-young.
Former Deputy Governor Lee claimed that his statement that he “reported the sending of funds to North Korea to Gyeonggi Provincial Governor Lee Jae-myung” was due to conciliation and manipulation of the prosecution, raising suspicions of alcohol consumption to the prosecution. However, the request was repeatedly rescinded regarding the location and time of alcohol consumption, whether or not the person was drinking, and whether or not a correctional officer was present.
On that day, the Suwon District Prosecutor’s Office issued a press statement titled “Suwon District Prosecutor’s Office on Lee Hwa-young’s False Allegations,” saying, “The lawyer in question said : “The prosecutor did not make any arrangements, and he had a personal relationship with the defendant Lee Hwa-young for a long time and met at the request of the defendant Lee Hwa-young and his family. “We have confirmed that the appeasement is completely unfounded.
The prosecution also stated, “Defendant Lee Hwa-young’s claim is as if the prosecutor connected her with a former lawyer in order to appease her, but following verifying the details of the meeting of the detention center, as the lawyer claimed, Kim Seong-tae (former chairman of Ssangbangwool Group) was arrested and sent back to Korea much later. “It was revealed that the accused Lee Hwa-young was interrogated at the Suwon Detention Center on November 3, 2022,” he said. “This has been clearly confirmed. how absurd and false the defendant Lee Hwa-young’s claims were.
A handwritten statement released on the 22nd by the former vice governor for peace of Gyeonggi Province, Lee Hwa-young, imprisoned at the Suwon Detention Center. /Lawyer Gwangmin Kim
Former Deputy Governor Lee said in a statement that day: “Prosecutor A (at the time the investigating prosecutor of the Suwon District Prosecutor’s Office) put me in touch with a lawyer who was a high-ranking prosecutor, and the interview took place in the prosecutor’s private space, in the bedroom. 1313.” Former Deputy Governor Lee stated in his affidavit: “Attorney Lee persuaded me that this was ‘something promised to a high-ranking prosecutor'” and “if I admit Kim Seong-tae’s statement and states that the remittance to North Korea was made for Lee Jae-myung, the current matter will also be in my favor. “The prosecution promised to do so and stop the investigation,” he said. Attorney Kim also issued a statement on the same day saying, “The lawyer in question met with Lee Hwa-young at the detention center and also met with the Suwon District Prosecutor’s Office, so this can be confirmed by the meeting minutes and files. from the prosecution’s registration list.
The prosecution also said, “Regarding the drinking binge allegation, we checked with lawyer Seol Joo-wan and other lawyers to see if they witnessed the drinking binge, but they all responded that they had never seen or heard of it. Lawyer Seol is suing Lawyer Kim for defamation by publishing false information.
The prosecution also referred to former Deputy Governor Lee’s assertion: “Among the two CCTVs of the video recording investigation room in Room 1313 of the Suwon District Prosecutor’s Office, where the drinking took place, hidden video surveillance is constantly recording,” adding: “After agreeing to undergo a video recording investigation, the actual investigation was carried out.” responsibility for unfounded and false claims that attempt to slander the investigation team by claiming that it is hidden CCTV or that it is recorded regularly without providing any evidence.
A video recording room at Suwon District Prosecutor’s Office No. 1313, where former Gyeonggi Province Vice Governor Lee Hwa-young claimed “the prosecution drank and cajoled.” The Suwon District Prosecutor’s Office said: “Lawyer Gwang-min Kim argued that sufficient visibility was not ensured because he had to look into the video recording room through a small glass window , but the actual size of the window was 170 cm wide and 90 cm. high, so the prison guard kept him in close proximity to his direct view. /Suwon District Prosecutor’s Office
Furthermore, the defense lawyer said: “I will no longer specify the dates (of consumption)” and asked the prosecution to specify 27 dates between May 2, 2023 and June 30 of the same year and to disclose the records of former Deputy Governor Lee and others. Regarding this, the prosecution stated: “When it was confirmed that the expedition log and the convoy plan did not come from the prosecutor’s office, and it was clearly revealed that they were false , they used force to establish records of the expedition that were irrelevant to the partying public. At the same time, “the defendant Lee Hwa-young freely declared the involvement of former Governor Lee Jae-myung in financing the visit to North Korea from June 9 to 30, 2023, and no additional statements ‘was made following June 30’, and ‘After the drinks, the appeasement.’ ·It is clear that the false statement made by the prosecution under pressure is false.
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