Prosecutors Consider Summoning Mrs. Kim for Questioning in Deutsche Motors Case: Special Report

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Right now, I’m curious when the prosecution will contact Mrs. Kim.

The prosecutors’ original plan was to appeal the appeal court’s decision in the Deutsche Motors case, but they appear to have changed their position after the general election.

A chief prosecution official told MBC that Ms. Kim could be summoned for questioning even before the appeals court makes a decision.

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This is a special report by reporter Gu Min-ji.

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At a press conference yesterday, President Yoon Seok-yeol said he had had enough of the investigation into Deutsche Motors’ stock price manipulation.

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“Of course, with me as the target, the prosecutors put in place a special department and they investigated very intensively.”

The Office of the President’s position is that Mrs. Kim was tricked into giving her account to a stock manipulator and did not participate in stock price manipulation.

Immediately after the general election, prosecutors changed their position to say they could investigate Ms. Kim even before the appeal test results were announced.

A top prosecution official said, “Hasn’t the pressure to investigate the president’s family increased as a result of the ruling party’s heavy defeat?”

This official said that the decision of the Office of the President is important.

“If the Office of the President and Mrs. Kim say they will do it proactively, shouldn’t they settle it regardless of the appeals court’s decision?” he said. .

He also said, “Since we cannot contact Ms. Kim several times, if she appears and is investigated for suspicion of receiving luxury bags, we should not proceed with the investigation also on suspicion about manipulating stock prices?”

“We are also preparing so that the prosecutors can investigate whether Mrs. Kim will come out at any time,” he said.

A top prosecution official said he also explained to Ms. Kim’s lawyer late last year the idea that “in principle, the investigation can only be terminated.”

Immediately after the ruling party’s heavy defeat in the general election, the opposition party is putting strong pressure on pushing for the special prosecution bill of First Lady Kim Kun-hee.

Prosecutor General Lee Won-seok directly ordered from the Central Prosecutor’s Office Chief Song Kyung-ho to quickly and thoroughly investigate the case of suspicion that he received Ms. Kim’s luxury bag.

There were different interpretations as to whether it was a prearranged agreement with the Office of the President or whether the prosecutors were going their own way while distancing themselves from the Office of the President. – sitting

On his first trip to work after the President’s press conference, President Lee said nothing about the possibility of a subpoena investigation of Ms. Kim.

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Prosecutors will continue their investigation into the Dior bag case by calling Pastor Choi Jae-young, who gave the luxury bag to Ms Kim, next week.

This is Gu Minji from MBC News.

Video commentary: Jeong In-hak / Video editing: Heo Yu-bin