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MBC met Woo-Won Jeon, the grandson of Chun Doo-Hwan, who revealed that the Chun Doo-Hwan family lived a luxurious life with black money.
Mr. Jeon confided in detail how the Chun Doo-hwan family secretly stole property.
They also claimed that they were educated in the way ″The 5.18 Democratization Movement is a riot and they are the victims″.
Correspondent Kang Na-rim will tell you.
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Jeon Woo-won lived in a high-rise apartment on the 71st floor in Queens, New York.
The expression on the face of the reporters seemed a little tired.
After exposing the suspicion of corruption in the family, he said that he was constantly contacted by acquaintances and reporters.
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″It is coming non-stop. I’ve never received the world’s attention, so I don’t know what to do… .″
He first brought up 5.18.
My father, Jeon Jae-yong, said that he taught that his grandfather, Chun Doo-hwan, was a hero of democracy and that the 518 Gwangju Democratization Movement was a riot.
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″These are people who call the Gwangju democratization movement a riot and say it was just a plan by the Reds.″
On the contrary, they said that they were brainwashed into thinking that they were victims.
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″The Gwangju Democratization Movement was a riot and you must know the truth. We are victims, we have no money.”
He said he had no money, but during Chun Doo-hwan’s lifetime, luxurious family gatherings were a daily routine.
It is common to rent the entire hotel restaurant to have family meals, and every Sunday, the family rented school facilities to play badminton, and they called even the national team players.
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″At that time, all the national badminton representatives came and taught my family and acquaintances directly. Each time, a few million won per person in cash… .″
The method by which the Jeon family stole property from their children was also exposed.
It is said that they created accounts in the names of housekeepers and bodyguards who work at home and used them as a channel for slush funds.
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″In my family, the money goes to the bodyguards. An unlisted joint-stock company is established in the name of the bodyguards. The shares are transferred to family members.″
Mr. Jeon like this <비엘에셋>shares of the company and <웨어밸리>Unlisted shares of a company called <준아트빌>It was said that he was donated billions of won, including high-end real estate.
In fact, the companies in question have been suspected of being built with Chun Doo-hwan’s slush funds.
Currently, this property is said to have been retrieved by the parents.
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″When my father came out of the labor camp, he said he had no money and asked you to sign the paperwork handing over all of the stocks that were originally inherited to Park Sang-ah.″
Jeon claimed that his father’s brothers, Jeon Jae-guk and Jeon Jae-man, and his cousins inherited much more property.
All of this was possible because of Chun Doo-hwan’s ‘black money’, and because of that money, the family said that Chun Doo-hwan was revered like a god.
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“It was customary for the whole family to go almost every Sunday as if to worship God. You have to look good to get paid. To Mr. Lee Soon-ja and Mr. Chun Doo-hwan.″
Mr. Jeon said he would be investigated and punished by investigative agencies, whether in the United States or Korea, saying that he was a criminal for drug and prostitution.
This is MBC News Kang Na-rim from New York.
Video coverage: Ahn Jeong-gyu (New York) / Video editing: Lee Hwa-young