To Lee Jae-myung, the representative of the Democratic Party of Korea, who was investigated by the prosecution for the case of preferential treatment for the Wirye-Daejang-dong development project, the prosecution said, “They do not answer the specific questions raised by the prosecution at all, and they are maliciously framing them for political reasons.”
An official from the prosecution said on the 2nd, “The suspect (CEO Lee) misleads the media as if there was a problem with the investigation process, so I will explain briefly.”
An official from the prosecution said, “An investigation is underway to find out the truth about the development corruption case of the former mayor of Seongnam, which was initiated by the last government. ”he explained.
He continued, “It is natural that the mayor at the time investigates against CEO Lee about the contents approved after receiving a report on the business process from them. It is deeply regrettable to disparage this as political rhetoric.”
Regarding the claim by Lee’s lawyer, “At the time of the first subpoena investigation, the investigation team told CEO Lee that he had to eat dinner unconditionally,” an official from the prosecution said, “Considering that the investigation will be conducted late, we asked for an opinion on whether to eat, and we agreed with the person under investigation (CEO Lee). It was coordinated eating,” he said.
In addition, he emphasized, “It is difficult to understand the part where the investigation team, which is working hard for a quick investigation, is remarked in a way that scratches the surface and unilaterally sold as a malicious political frame.” did.
Regarding the second summons investigation related to Lee’s suspicion of the Wirye and Daejang-dong development projects, an official from the prosecution said, “We asked Lee to appear at an early date for a quick investigation, and we are discussing the schedule with the lawyer.”
He said, “I don’t think even two appearances are enough, but the request was made by minimizing the number of times, and it is very unusual for the suspect to unilaterally set a schedule or time.” I look forward to a concrete answer.”
On the 28th of last month, CEO Lee appeared as a suspect at the Seoul Central District Prosecutor’s Office for suspicion of the Wirye and Daejang-dong development projects. Initially, the prosecution proposed a face-to-face investigation on the weekdays of January 27 and 30, but Lee rejected all of them and chose to appear on Saturday, the 28th. Afterwards, when the prosecution requested an additional subpoena investigation, CEO Lee responded to the second summons, saying, “I will go again because they told me to come as a loser.”
Donga.com reporter Jaeho Choi cjh1225@donga.com
