Myung Tae Gyun gained trust through "poll survey"...Penalties for illegal polls in the past

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Myung Tae-kyun, who was pointed out as a key official in the so-called "intervention in the nomination," is known to have become close to the president and his wife through a "poll survey."

However, the report confirmed that Myung was convicted of illegal opinion polls in the past.

Reporter Kim Chul-hee reports.

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Myung Tae-kyun is known to have attended the presidential inauguration ceremony in 2022 as the president of the Future Korea Research Institute.Prosecutors investigating allegations of money transactions between

and former People's Power lawmaker Kim Young-sun raided the place last month.

However, it has been confirmed that the institute has been convicted several times in the past for illegal polls.

During the 2019 by-elections, public opinion was surveyed nine times at the request of candidates running in the Changwon area,
Not only 190,000 phone number data that have not been verified or verified
were used, but gender, age, and residential area were not properly divided.

When the Gyeongnam Election Commission asked for the submission of the data, the institute officials submitted a false analysis table.

In the end, the institute, which was put on trial, was fined 3 million won by the Supreme Court.

A few months later, the institute pretended to investigate the pros and cons of local projects and asked about public opinion about the general election, and was fined again.The names of

were not explicitly listed in the judgment or corporate registration, but in both periods, former lawmaker Kim was the director of the institute.

Separately, it turned out that Myung was also convicted of planning an "unauthorized poll."

In the 2018 local elections, he instructed him to report a poll favorable to the prospective candidate through a media company that he actually runs.

It was investigated that he pushed ahead even though he knew he could not investigate and report, not an election poll agency.
From the
appeal trial, former lawmaker Kim also defended Myung.

YTN contacted Myung several times to hear his and former lawmaker Kim's position, but did not respond.

I'm Kim Chulhee of YTN.

Reporter for shooting
: On Seungwon

Video editing: Kim Min-kyung

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