Myung Tae Gyun appears at the prosecution on the 8th...Will there be a "suspected involvement in the nomination"?

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Myeong Tae-kyun, a key party to the Suspicion of Intervention in the Nomination, will appear at the prosecution on the 8th for questioning.

Attention is focusing on what the prosecution will conclude in the case, which has spread from the investigation into the violation of the Political Fund Act to the suspicion of the president and his wife intervening in the nomination.

Reporter Lim Hyung-joon reports.

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Myung Tae-kyun's prosecution investigation schedule has been set for this Friday, the 8th.

It was set for Friday after coordinating the schedule with the prosecution in preparation for the investigation, including the appointment of a lawyer.

The first charge Myung Tae-kyun receives is a violation of the Political Fund Act.

After the 2022 by-election, Kim Young-sun, a former member of the People's Power, received money.

Former lawmaker Kim said the amount of money was 60 million won.

The prosecution is investigating whether the money is in return for nominations.

In response, both Myung and Kim are in a debt relationship.

[Myeong Tae Gyun: If you got it in return for nomination, why would they pay it back?] Don't I have to pay it back? That's why the Future Korea Institute needs to be named Myung Tae-kyun, so everything about this crime is true.]

[Kim Young-sun / National Assemblyman: Kang Hye-kyung takes 90 million won and gives it to four people (Myeong Tae-kyun and three others). I was told to pay back what I received in cash and what I received in my bank account. I have witnesses and evidence.]

Another issue that the prosecution is looking into is the "suspected involvement in the nomination" of President Yoon Suk Yeol and his wife.

Kang Hye-kyung revealed that Myung polled 81 times for President Yoon, who was a candidate in the last presidential election, and won Kim's nomination in return.

In particular, she raised suspicions that First Lady Kim Gun-hee was involved in the process.

[Kang Hye-kyung / (National Assembly Legislation and Judiciary Committee's parliamentary audit on the 21st of last month): (So you've been nominated by Kim Young-sun instead of 370 million won?) Yes, that's right. (Who gave Kim Young-sun the nomination?) First Lady Kim Gun-hee gave it to me....]

On top of that, the phone recording file released by the Democratic Party of Korea, which is evidence that President Yoon intervened in former lawmaker Kim's nomination, has increased the impact.

[Yoon Suk Yeol / Then-President-elect (May 9, 2022): The mission committee brought it to me, so I asked Kim Young-sun to do it because she's been running hard since the election, but she's talking a lot. At the party....]

Attention was focused on the results of the prosecution's investigation, as it spread from the investigation into the violation of the Political Fund Act to the Suspicion of Intervention in Nomination.

The prosecution seems to be speeding up the investigation by reinforcing the investigation team's manpower twice.

Attention is focusing on how the prosecution, which has increased its manpower to the level of a special investigation team, will present the results of the investigation into the case, which is of public interest, through the summoning of Myung Tae-kyun, one of the key figures in the case.

I'm YTN's Lim Hyungjun.


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