▲ Lee Jae-myung, president of the Democratic Party of Korea. ⓒ Reporter Lee Jong-hyun
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Lee Jae-myung, the leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, was summoned by the prosecution on charges of publicizing false facts in connection with the ‘Baekhyun-dong preferential treatment’ by the People’s Power on the 2nd, and pointed out that it was a “war on crime.”
It is a phrase that uses a scene captured by the media where CEO Jae-myung Lee reads the message “It’s war”. In particular, Kwon Seong-dong, floor leader of the People’s Power, who was finally acquitted by the Supreme Court following six years in connection with the ‘Kangwon Land recruitment corruption allegation’, pressured Lee Jae-myung to appear in the prosecution.
“The reality of the crime trying to cover up with lies is not revealed”
On the same day, floor leader Kwon Seong-dong posted on Facebook, “Despite allegations of numerous crimes once morest Rep. Lee Jae-myung, the Democratic Party made him the leader of the party by sending overwhelming support.” “He pointed out the legal risk.
In line with the election of the Lee Jae-myung leadership, they criticized the passage of Article 80 of the Democratic Party Constitution, which stipulates that “the duties of a party officer who has been handed over to the trial on corruption charges can be suspended, but can be revoked by a resolution of the party committee, not the existing ethics judge.”
Floor Leader Kwon continued, “Lee Jae-myung, an aide to the House of Representatives’ office, delivered the news of the summons and said it was a war. That’s right. This is a ‘war on crime’ and a war that cannot be backed up.” The true nature of the crime they are trying to cover up with lies has not yet been revealed. It’s only just the beginning,” he added.
Earlier, the Seoul Central District Prosecutor’s Office’s Public Investigation Division 2 (Prosecutor Lee Sang-hyun) and Suwon District Prosecutor’s Office’s Seongnam District Prosecutor’s Office 3rd Division (Director Min-jong Yoo) delivered a request for attendance the day before to CEO Jae-myung Lee, who was accused of violating the Public Official Election Act. It is known that he has requested to appear at the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office by 10 am on the 6th.
Prosecutors said that Lee Jae-myung, who appeared on SBS ‘News Briefing of Joo Young-jin’ on December 22 last year, said, “I didn’t know when I was in office,” when asked if he knew the late Kim Moon-ki, who worked with the mayor of Seongnam, the 1st development director of Seongnam Urban Development Corporation. regarded as false.
Suspects of disseminating false information have been raised when photos of CEO Jae-myung Lee and Director Kim Moon-ki were released on a business trip to Australia and New Zealand from January 6 to 16, 2015. In the photo taken together, there was also Yoo Dong-gyu, the former head of the planning division of Seongnam Urban Development Corporation, the core of the Daejang-dong suspicion and close to Lee.
Prosecutors also attended the National Assembly Land, Infrastructure and Transport Committee on October 20 last year in connection with the allegation of preferential treatment for the change of use of the site of the Baekhyeon-dong Korea Food Research Institute promoted by CEO Jae-myung Lee during his tenure as Seongnam Mayor, saying, “The Park Geun-hye administration (Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport) pressured the change of use according to a special law. It is also considered a false fact that he said, “I responded to this.”
In July, the Board of Audit and Inspection issued statements that contradicted the explanation of CEO Lee Jae-myung, saying, “(The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport) is seeking cooperation from Seongnam City,” and “It is not a compulsory request.”
Citing the remarks of aide Jae-myung Lee, “The War on Crime”
The reason that floor leader Kwon Seong-dong expressed the prosecution’s notification of the summons to Lee Jae-myung as a ‘war on crime’ was read the message sent by Lee, an aide to Kim Hyun-ji at the National Assembly plenary session the day before, saying, “It’s a war” announcing the summons quoting what was caught in the media.
Representative Kwon mentioned allegations related to Lee Jae-myung, such as △ allegations of preferential treatment for the Daejang-dong and Baekhyeon-dong development projects △ allegations of donations from Seongnam FC and △ personal misappropriation of corporate credit cards, and criticized, saying, “Every time criminal suspicions arise, they rush to explain falsely.”
He continued, “The Democratic Party lied every time the criminal allegations of President Lee Jae-myung appeared, and when a lie was exposed, it tried to cover it with lies and rhetoric once more.” It was rampant,” he pointed out.
Kwon Seong-dong, acquitted for the first time in 6 years, pressured to attend Lee Jae-myung
Floor leader Kwon Seong-dong, who was finally acquitted by the Supreme Court in February, six years following the prosecution began investigating the alleged Kangwon Land recruitment corruption in 2016, pressured Lee Jae-myung not to put a “political frame” on the prosecution’s investigation.
He met reporters at the National Assembly on the same day and said, “I did the same, but if I am accused of accusing or accusing, I have to go to an investigation agency such as the prosecution or the police and explain my position in good faith. Rather, it is a war on crime once morest the numerous allegations that President Lee receives.”
“Because it’s not just a war with the regime, it’s a war on crime, so investigative agencies should investigate fairly and give results in accordance with the laws and principles,” he said. It’s a matter of what to do,” he added.
Kim Ki-hyeon, a former judge and a member of the People’s Power Party, also posted on Facebook on the same day, saying, “It is a war once morest the crowd who crush even the overflowing evidence of corruption that smells rotten with the power of power and cry out ‘not guilty of the right to vote’.” Wasn’t he the party leader who was intoxicated with the cries of ‘dog daughters’ (a term referring to the daughter of reform and supporters of Lee Jae-myung’s polarity) despite the many legal risks that have already been revealed.
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