It seems to focus on investigating the ‘Lee contact point’ for up to 20 days
▲ Kim Seong-tae, former chairman of Ssangbangul Group
Former Ssangbangwool Group Chairman Kim Seong-tae, who was caught in Thailand after escaping for eight months, enters Korea through Incheon International Airport on the 17th. yunhap news
As an arrest warrant for former Ssangbangwool Group chairman Kim Seong-tae was issued on the 20th, it is expected that an intensive investigation will be conducted on various allegations surrounding Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung. Although the reason for the arrest of former chairman Kim did not include Lee’s suspicion of ‘paying the lawyer’s fees’, the prosecution is expected to focus on identifying the contact point with Lee through additional investigations.
According to the legal community on the 22nd, the Suwon District Prosecutor’s Office’s 6th Criminal Division (Chief Kim Young-nam) conducted an intensive investigation after Kim’s repatriation to Korea on the 17th, and applied for a warrant for arrest by applying a total of six charges. acknowledged The prosecution plans to continue the investigation into the arrest of former chairman Kim for up to 20 days, including an extension of the arrest period.
Former Chairman Kim ▲ breach of trust and embezzlement worth 450 billion won ▲ violation of the Capital Markets Act, such as false disclosure of convertible bonds of 20 billion won ▲ suspicion of remittance of 6.4 million dollars to North Korea ▲ 300 million won bribe to former Gyeonggi-do Vice Governor Lee Hwa-young ▲ destruction of evidence by replacing PCs with executives and employees Teacher ▲ Lee is suspected of paying attorney fees.
However, since the prosecution did not indicate the suspicion of paying the lawyer’s fees for former chairman Kim in the request for arrest warrant, it is expected that the investigative power will be focused on reinforcing the investigation. As the prosecution has secured former Chairman Kim’s new recruit, it is expected to improve the completeness of the proof of the allegation while also focusing on the investigation to maintain the prosecution after indictment.
Representative Lee and former Chairman Kim claim that they do not know each other. It is to deny the possibility of paying attorney fees itself. In addition, it is not expected that it will be easy to prove the allegations as Kim, who is familiar with the flow of Ssangbang-ul’s finances, is in the process of a lawsuit against repatriation in Thailand. Mr. Kim is a person called the so-called ‘ssangbangwool’ ‘safety keeper’.
There are also observations that additional charges will be added when indicting CEO Lee, given that the suspicion of paying attorney fees is a key suspicion raised against Lee along with the suspicion of ‘corruption in the development of Daejang-dong’ and ‘Seongnam FC donation’. An official from the prosecution said, “(Former Chairman Kim) has only been in for two days, so we haven’t been able to investigate much.” it does,” he said.
Reporter Kwak Jin-woong
