Suspicion of Myung Tae-kyun's Intervention in the Selection of Industrial Complex and Messenger Investigation

[Anchor]
Myeong Tae-kyun, a key figure in the Suspicion of Intervention in the Nomination, was investigated by the prosecution for two days after his arrest.

The prosecution is analyzing the contents of the messenger conversation that Myung sent to the president of Yoon Suk Yeol.

It is also investigating suspicions that Myung was involved in the selection of Changwon's second national industrial complex.

I'm reporter Lim Hyung-joon.

[Reporter]
The prosecution is looking into allegations that Myung Tae-kyun was involved in the selection of Changwon's second national industrial complex site.It is also suspected that

received confidential information from Changwon City and encouraged his acquaintances to buy nearby land.

is known to have stated in a prosecution investigation before being arrested that Changwon city officials had shown confidential data and immediately discarded it after seeing it.

[Myeong Tae Gyun / Last 9th: I made a suggestion. Because I'm a proposer, I came to me and listened to the offer and confirmed to me, 'Is this the right offer?'.]

Kang Hye-kyung also raised related suspicions during the parliamentary audit of the National Assembly.

[Park Gyun-taek / Democratic Party of Korea (National Assembly Legislation and Judiciary Committee on the 21st of last month): Then, what kind of land did Myung Tae-kyun buy?Do you know that?.]

[Kang Hye-kyung / On the 21st of last month, parliamentary inspection of the Legislative and Judiciary Committee: CEO Myung Tae-kyun didn't even buy it under a borrowed name, but just encouraged people around him to buy land....]

In response, Changwon City reported to Myung the plan to promote the industrial complex and explained that it had never been instructed.

The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport also issued an explanatory material and explained that the new industrial complex candidate site was selected through fair and legal procedures.

The prosecution called in Myung, who is in custody, for two consecutive days to investigate.

In particular, we looked at the contents of Myung's messenger secured from the computer of former lawmaker Kim Young-sun's office.

It includes a conversation with President Yoon Suk Yeol, who was elected by Myung on May 9, 2022, and Lee Joon-seok, then representative of People's Power.

sent a message to the two regarding former lawmaker Kim's nomination.

[Nam Sang-kwon/Myeong Tae-gyun's lawyer (Yesterday): Kang Hye-kyung took the hard disk and Kim Young-sun's hard disk in the office. Among the contents in the hard disk, Myeong Tae Gyun's Kakao Talk message....]


is reportedly planning to file an arrest suit.Attention is focusing on whether the prosecution will be able to find out the true nature of the allegations raised by

with less than a week left in the arrest period.

I'm YTN's Lim Hyungjun.

Reporter Kang Tae-woo