The substantive review of the warrant for former Democratic Party leader Song Young-gil ended at 4:29 p.m. on the 18th. It has been 6 hours and 25 minutes since the actual screening began at 10:04 a.m. on this day.
Former Democratic Party leader Song Young-gil announces his position after completing the substantive examination of the warrant. / Yonhap News
After completing the substantive review, former CEO Song came out and told reporters, “It is a very unfair game to say that evidence is destroyed because of the phone call.” He said, “In order to exercise my right of defense, I called the witness to ask what the situation was like,” and added, “During the pressurized investigation, several people also received treatment for mental illness. “I think we need to comfort those people,” he said. Previously, it was reported that former CEO Song attempted to contact and persuade those involved in the case using a cell phone under a borrowed name during the prosecution’s investigation.
It is reported that during the substantive review, the prosecution and former Representative Song clashed over concerns about the destruction of evidence. Former CEO Song’s lawyer told reporters, “I have never done the persuasion that the prosecution is talking about,” and “I have not received any reports or instructions from former aide Park Yong-soo regarding the distribution of money envelopes.” He also said, “The only evidence presented by the prosecution is the statement of Lee Jeong-geun (former Vice Secretary-General of the Democratic Party),” and “There is (no) particularly new evidence.” On the other hand, the prosecution is said to have emphasized that former CEO Song disposed of her cell phone before returning from Paris, France in April and submitted a ‘tin phone’ and attempted to contact people involved in the case using a cell phone under a borrowed name.
It was reported that on this day, the prosecution and former CEO Song’s side engaged in a fierce battle over the nature of the ‘Institute for Peace and Eating and Living (Muksayeon)’, an association known as former CEO Song’s external support organization. Prosecutors say they believe Muksa-yeon is a private outlying organization of former CEO Song and was used as a channel for illegal political funds. On the other hand, Song Young-cheon, former chief judge of the High Court (13th class of the Judicial Research and Training Institute), former representative Song’s older brother, said, “Outer organizations are not political organizations.”
It is known that the prosecution prepared about 500 pages of opinion and 250 pages of PPT ahead of the substantive review. It is said that former Representative Song’s side also prepared hundreds of pages of PPT and written opinion to argue the case. It is reported that the two sides clashed in court over the nature of the organization, as well as the details of receiving political funds and bribes and distributing envelopes of money to the national convention. It is said that after completing the defense of each charge, there was a debate about the need for detention.
Former Democratic Party leader Song Young-gil is moving to the Seoul Detention Center, a waiting area, after completing the warrant review held at the Seoul Central District Court in Seocho-gu, Seoul on the 18th./Newsis
According to the prosecution, ahead of the Democratic Party National Convention on May 2, 2021, where he was elected as the party representative, former leader Song gave 20 envelopes containing 3 million won (60 million won) to 20 active members of the Democratic Party on April 27-28 of that year. ) was found to have been involved in the process of spraying. Former Representative Song is also accused of providing envelopes worth 6.5 million won to regional heads of primary election camps on March 30 and April 11 of that year. Representatives Yoon Kwan-seok and Lee Seong-man, and former Democratic Party Vice Secretary-General Lee Jeong-geun were involved in this process, and the prosecution investigated this case, viewing former representative Song as the ‘peak’.
Former CEO Song is also accused of receiving 763 million won in illegal political funds through a food network between 2020 and 2021. Of these, 40 million won was also charged with bribery, which was received from Park Yong-ha, former chairman of the Yeosu Chamber of Commerce and Industry, along with a request for an incineration treatment facility between July and August 2021. There is also a charge of receiving illegal political funds of 60 million won from businessman Mr. Kim and lawmaker Lee Seong-man in the name of off-balance-sheet election funds.
Former CEO Song is moving to the Seoul Detention Center in the prosecution’s van at 4:34 pm on this day. Former CEO Song will wait at the Seoul Detention Center until the court’s substantive review results are released.
2023-12-18 08:56:00
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