“Citizens’ club advertising and sponsorship recommendation political party…Advertising money is spent on public interest”
On the 17th, Lee Jae-myung, the representative of the Democratic Party, appeared at the prosecution on the 10th in connection with the suspicion of’Seongnam FC donation’ and disclosed the statement submitted to the prosecution at the time of the investigation on Facebook.
It is interpreted as an intention to show that he is irrelevant to the various allegations raised in the situation where the prosecution investigating the suspicion of ‘wirye and daejang-dong development’ has notified Lee of the summons and investigation again.
In a statement of 6 pages of A4 paper, CEO Lee said, “The money paid (to Seongnam FC) is not a free donation, but the money Seongnam FC actually advertised and received according to the advertising contract.” , 3.3 billion won from Cha Hospital for 3 years, and 4 billion won from Naver for 2 years,” he said.
CEO Lee gave an example of Doosan E&C sponsoring Daegu FC with 5 billion won for 2 years and STX Shipbuilding sponsoring Gyeongnam FC with 20 billion won for 5 years.
Regarding the change of use of the site of Doosan E&C, which was discussed in exchange for donations, CEO Lee said, “The site was a disgrace that had been neglected for nearly 20 years.” All benefit,” he said.
At the same time, he argued, “Seongnam City received donations of 301 pyeong instead of changing the use and raising the floor area ratio, attracting 7 Doosan affiliates, and solving the complaints of ugly things.”
Regarding the land where Naver entered, the former mayor changed the method of purchasing it through a private contract to a competitive bidding and sold it to Naver, which needed a second office building, and received about 16 billion won more in land price, and said that there was no violation of the law in this process.
In addition, “The advertising contract is the result of the sales activities of the club’s executives and employees unrelated to the administration of Seongnam City, and I have never been involved in the club’s advertising sales.” There is no work,” he said.
Representative Lee added, “Advertising expenses were used for the public interest, not for personal gain.” “Advertising expenses were entirely transparently used as club operating expenses, and the burden of support from Seongnam City was reduced as much as the advertising expenses.”
/yunhap news
