2024-04-20 06:46:01
Lee Hwa-young initially stated, “My face has become plump.”
Seongtae Kim “Drinking is unreasonable – no appeasement”
13 personally named members of the task force, including Director Min Hyeong-bae
Inside and outside the party, “Lee Jae-myeong has already established a bulletproof line”
On the 19th, the Democratic Party of Korea formed a ‘Special Task Force on Political Prosecution Case Manipulation’, saying it would investigate the truth of the claim of ‘alcohol cajoling within the Prosecutor’s Office’ made by Lee Hwa-young, former Gyeonggi Province Deputy Governor for Peace, a close associate of Representative Lee Jae-myung. The leader was Min Hyeong-bae, a hard-line pro-Myeong (pro-Lee Jae-myung) member of the ‘Like Association’ group, and five of Lee’s ‘Daejang-dong lawyers’ who were elected in this general election were all named. There was opposition from inside and outside the party, saying, “A ‘bulletproof line’ has already been established even before the opening of the 22nd National Assembly,” and “Is this why the five lawyers from Daejeon-dong were planted in a sunny garden even though they were called ‘nominations in return for a favor’?”
● ‘Mammoth’ task force consisting of 13 elected members… Prosecutor’s impeachment notice
The Democratic Party’s Supreme Committee announced on this day that it was establishing a special task force to find out the truth regarding former Deputy Governor Lee’s statement in court that he “manipulated his statement after being coaxed into drinking with former Ssangbangwool Chairman Kim Seong-tae at the Prosecutor’s Office.” Rep. Kim Yong-min and Rep. Kim Seung-won, who were active in the ‘Like Association’ with Rep. Min, served as the head of the special prosecutor’s impeachment promotion team and the head of the prosecution reform system team, respectively.
Representative Lee and his associates, all five of whom were former ‘Daejang-dong trial lawyers,’ also joined the task force. Representative-elect Park Gyun-taek (Gwangju Gwangsan-gap), who was Representative Lee’s special legal adviser and represented Representative Lee in the trial over allegations of preferential treatment for the Daejang-dong and Wirye New Town development projects, served as secretary. President-elect Yang Boon-nam (Gwangju Seo-eul), who served as the chairman of the party’s legal committee and managed Representative Lee’s judicial risks, as well as President-elect Kim Dong-ah (Seoul Seodaemun Gap) and President-elect Kun-tae Lee (Gyeonggi Province Bucheon), who were in charge of defending the trial of former Democratic Party political affairs coordination office head Jeong Jin-sang, who are Lee’s closest associates. Another of Representative Lee’s closest associates, President-elect Kim Ki-pyo (Bucheon, Gyeonggi Province), who defended the case of violation of the political fund law by former vice president of the Korea Institute for Democracy Kim Yong, was also named. Representative-elect Lee Seong-yoon (Jeonju-eul, Jeollabuk-do), who served as the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office during the Moon Jae-in administration, and pro-Myung faction-elect Han Min-soo (Gangbuk-eul, Seoul) also serve as committee members.
Regarding this, there is an analysis within the party that the countermeasures committee formed a ‘bulletproof formation’ early on and began putting pressure on the prosecution. On the 15th, right after the landslide victory in the general election, Representative Lee defined the suspicion as a ‘national flag disorder incident’ and also claimed on the 16th, “Former Deputy Governor Lee’s statement appears to be 100% true.” On the 18th, about 30 Democratic Party leaders and elected officials held a relay press conference in front of the Suwon District Prosecutors’ Office, Suwon Detention Center, and Supreme Prosecutors’ Office and called for an investigation into the truth.
The Democratic Party’s impeachment of prosecutors appears to be starting again. An official from the countermeasures team said, “If the prosecutor’s corrupt behavior is revealed in relation to the suspicion of the ‘Suwon District Prosecutors’ Office’ drinking ring, he can also be impeached in the 21st National Assembly.”
● Prosecutors “overturned all of Lee Hwa-young’s claims”
The prosecution issued a statement that day, refutating former Vice Governor Lee’s claims point by point. The former Deputy Governor Lee’s side overturned all claims, including the location and time of the drinking party and whether the former Deputy Governor had been drinking. According to the prosecution’s claim, in response to a question from lawyer Kim Kwang-min, who was defending him at the Suwon District Court trial on the 4th, former Deputy Governor Lee stated, “I drank alcohol directly in the place where the nameplate says it is a warehouse in front of the prosecutor’s office in room 1313.” The main servant was ‘Soju’ and he said, “My face got red, so I returned home after it had calmed down for a while.” However, on the 18th, Attorney Kim appeared on YouTube and said, “Former Deputy Governor Lee said, ‘(A Ssangbangwool official) poured something into a paper cup, so I put it to my mouth to drink it, but I didn’t drink it because it was alcohol.’” He overturned the former Deputy Governor Lee’s claim of drinking. did. The date and time of drinking was initially said to be ‘just after June 30, 2023, at 5 or 6 p.m.’, then ‘June 28, July 3, and July 5’ were mentioned, and later ‘afternoon on July 3’. The prosecution claims that he changed his words to ‘after 5 o’clock’.
Former Ssangbangwool Chairman Kim Seong-tae, who claimed that former Deputy Governor Lee drank alcohol with him, also appeared at the Suwon District Court trial on this day and told reporters, “You cannot drink alcohol (in the prosecutor’s office). He denied it, saying, “It’s not common sense.” When asked whether he had ever been cajoled by the prosecution, he said, “I have never been like that at all.”
Reporter Dabin Yoon empty@donga.com
Reporter Jang Eun-ji jej@donga.com
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