[이데일리 김민정 기자] Actor Lee Young-ae’s side dismissed the criticism of’inappropriate sponsorship from interested parties’ for giving large amounts of political sponsorship to lawmakers belonging to the National Defense Council, saying, “It has nothing to do with Jung Ho-young’s business.
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On the 25th, Lee Young-ae said, “Because Lee Young-ae is a military family, he has an affection for the soldiers, so he continued to support the sergeant school and military families.” “Chairman Jeong does not run a defense industry. It’s already been 10 years since I started managing. The stake is also about 0%,” he told Yonhap News.
“We are unconditionally sponsoring soldiers regardless of opposition lawmakers. Check if there were any business requests or anything like that from the lawmakers who received the donation.
Lee Young-ae’s father is a 6·25 veteran, and Chairman Chung’s father is a soldier from the Military Academy who opposed the 5·16 military upheaval. Chairman Chung is now known to operate a telecommunications company in the United States.
In the’List of Donors Exceeding 3 Million Won’ released by the Central Election Commission, Lee Young-ae, together with Democratic Party Rep. Kim Byeong-ju, and People’s Power, Han Ki-ho, Shin Won-sik, each supported 5 million won. This is the highest amount under the Political Fund Act.
In this regard, it was argued that the wife of Chairman Chung, who was the owner of a mid-sized defense industry, sponsored a large amount of money as inappropriate sponsorship from stakeholders.
In response, all the lawmakers who received the donation claim that they did not know if Chung was in the defense industry.
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