Prosecutors consider increasing the investigation team of the Changwon District Prosecutors' Office for "intervention in nomination."

2024.11.05. AM 00:56
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The prosecution is considering ways to reinforce additional personnel at the Changwon District Prosecutors' Office, which is investigating allegations of political broker Myung Tae-kyun's involvement in the nomination.

The Supreme Prosecutors' Office is reportedly considering sending about three more prosecutors to the Changwon District Prosecutors' Office's investigation team, which consists of seven prosecutors, to expand it to a scale comparable to the special investigation team.

However, it was found that the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office or a special investigation team was not considered to investigate related suspicions collectively.

The Changwon District Prosecutors' Office's investigation team tracks the flow of funds between people around them, including Myung and Kim Young-sun, a former lawmaker of the People's Power, and analyzes the recorded files that reach thousands of conditions.

is under investigation for allegedly violating the Political Fund Act that he intervened in and profited from former lawmaker Kim's nomination in the 2022 by-elections.

In addition, allegations of manipulating public opinion polls related to President Yoon Suk Yeol during the last presidential election have been allocated to the Public Investigation Division 2 of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office.



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