Kang Hye-kyung pours her testimony… “Kim Young-sun was introduced to her by Mrs. Kim Geon-hee.”

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Kang Hye-kyung, Kim Young-sun’s former People Power Party lawmaker and accounting manager, appeared as a witness at the National Assembly’s Investigative Committee today and made a concise statement.

Mr Kang, who released a recording of Myung Tae-gyun saying that former lawmaker Kim Young-sun’s nomination was made possible by First Lady Kim Kun-hee, said after Myung’s words a heard, he came to believe that Mrs. Kim was involved in the nomination.

Reporter Shin Su-ah reports.

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Kang Hye-kyung, former lawmaker Kim Young-sun’s aide and head of accounting, appeared as a witness at the National Assembly’s Investigative Committee.

[강혜경 씨]

“I swear that I will tell the truth without concealment or addition, and under penalty of perjury if there is any lie in my statement.”

Mr. Kang said that Myeong Tae-gyun, who worked with him at the Korea Future Research Institute, often told him about the upbringing of First Lady Kim Kun-hee.

[강혜경 씨]

“A lot of the vocals were played through speakers.

[정청래/국회 법제사법위원장]

“Oh, have you ever played Ms. Kim Kun-hee’s voice on speakerphone in the presence of witness Kang Hye-kyung?”

[강혜경 씨]

“Yes.

Mr. Kang directly raised suspicions that First Lady Kim Kun-hee was involved in the nomination of former lawmaker Kim Young-sun.

[강혜경 씨-전현희/더불어민주당 의원]

“First lady Kim Kun-hee gave it to me…”

At the same time, several records were released in which the names ‘Kim Geon-hee’ and ‘Mrs’ were mentioned directly.

[명태균 씨/2023년 12월 3일 (출처: 강혜경 씨 법사위 제출 자료)]

“Do you know how much Ham Seong-deuk teases you? Who will give you as a member of the National Assembly because of Myeong Tae-gyun, Mrs. Kim Geon-hee gave her saying, ‘Teacher, do that.'”

[명태균 씨/2023년 6월 1일 (출처: 강혜경 씨 법사위 제출 자료)]

“Kim Young-sun, it’s simple when I come out of that office, she’ll take care of him because she and Hwang Geum can’t make a living… Why did you get your nomination from Kim Young- sun?

Hye-kyung Kang said that Reverend Sang-hyeon Yoon, who was the chairman of the People’s Power Party’s Nomination Management Committee at the time, protested by saying that former Representative Young-seon could not Kim was elected just two months before the election. .

[명태균 씨/2022년 4월 22일 (출처: 강혜경 씨 법사위 제출 자료)]

“Yoon Sang-hyun only played XX yesterday… he is young and innovative.

Mr. Myung confirmed that his decision changed after he called the President through First Lady Kim Kun-hee.

[명태균 씨/2022년 5월 9일 (출처: 강혜경 씨 법사위 제출 자료)]

“Oh, you XXX people say it’s the will of the president.

Kang Hye-kyung said that although the ruling party figures disparage Myung Tae-gyun as a fraud and political broker, she does not believe that Myung is a fraud.

This is Shin Su-ah from MBC News.

Video broadcast: Seo Hyeon-kwon, Kim Dong-se / Video editing: Moon Cheol-hak / Data source: Kang Hye-kyung Data submitted to the Legislative and Judiciary Committee

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