Society | 2023.09.11 11:49
[서울=뉴스핌] Reporter Kim Shin-young = While it is unclear whether Lee Jae-myeong, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, will reappear at the prosecution, there are predictions that the prosecution will press ahead with the request for an arrest warrant. The analysis is that even if Representative Lee does not appear before the prosecution again, it is sufficient to request a warrant without further investigation.
According to the legal community on the 11th, Suwon District Prosecutors’ Office 6th Criminal Division (Chief Prosecutor Kim Young-nam) completed the investigation on the 9th regarding the ‘suspicion of Ssangbangwool Group remittances to North Korea’ and notified Lee that he would reappear on the 12th, but Representative Lee confirmed, saying that schedule coordination was necessary. Not doing it.
[서울=뉴스핌] Reporter Changbin Yoon = Lee Jae-myung, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, who is on his 12th day of fasting at the National Assembly, is sitting in a tent in front of the main building on the morning of the 11th. Representative Lee was unable to attend the Supreme Council meeting held in the morning. 2023.09.11 [email protected]
The last investigation was completed in 8 hours due to health problems caused by CEO Lee’s fasting. It ended two hours earlier than the prosecution’s original plan.
On this day, Representative Lee reportedly submitted an eight-page written statement and answered most of the questions. He left the interrogation room after 11 hours without signing because his statement was omitted from the suspect’s interrogation report.
Suwon District Prosecutors’ Office said, “We conducted the investigation to a minimum considering the suspect’s health condition,” and added, “However, throughout the investigation, Representative Lee refused to make specific statements and replaced them with statements, or gave repetitive and long-winded answers that were unrelated to the questions, and continued to give tongue-in-cheek answers.” “He did not cooperate with the investigation,” he pointed out.
At the same time, “Representative Lee first requested that he would appear again on the 12th if he was allowed to be investigated by 6 p.m. on the 9th during the investigation, and the prosecution accepted this,” he said. He added, “He unilaterally left the room without even signing and sealing the report without even answering the question of which part was missing.”
The prosecution planned to conclude the investigation on the 12th, but since Representative Lee did not provide a definitive answer to the summons notice, it is unclear whether or not there will be a reinvestigation. As CEO Lee entered his 12th day of fasting, his rapidly deteriorating health also emerged as a variable. If the 12th schedule is canceled, the subsequent reinvestigation will inevitably be delayed.
With the conclusion of the investigation on the 9th, the possibility of prosecutors requesting an arrest warrant before Chuseok for CEO Lee’s ‘Baekhyeon-dong development corruption’ and ‘suspicion of sending money to North Korea’ has been weighed. It was predicted that the arrest motion would be reported to the plenary session of the National Assembly on the 21st and then voted on in the plenary session on the 25th.
While suspicions are being raised that Representative Lee may have devised a strategy to delay the prosecution’s investigation, there are also predictions that the prosecution may begin requesting a warrant as early as this week regardless of this.
A lawyer from Seocho-dong said, “It would be less burdensome for the prosecution to request a warrant before Representative Lee lies down in the hospital. In any case, while Representative Lee denies the charges, it is possible to request a warrant after just one investigation without a reinvestigation.” He said.
There is also a view that Representative Lee’s omission of signature on the suspect’s interrogation report does not pose any particular problem to the investigation.
A lawyer from the prosecution said, “With the revision of the Criminal Procedure Act, if the defendant denies the contents of the record of the prosecution suspect’s interrogation, it cannot be used as evidence in the trial anyway and the judge cannot see it.” “Because there is no reason to agree, missing the signature is not a big problem.”
He continued, “There is also political significance in the prosecution’s request for an arrest warrant for Representative Lee, so if a warrant is requested before Chuseok, a scenario is expected in which the motion for arrest will be rejected in the National Assembly.”
2023-09-11 02:19:00
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