Prosecutors secure a "golden phone"...Will the "intervention in the nomination" be solved?

Prosecutors secure three mobile phones, etc.
It seems that the mobile phone used since September 2019 is also included.
Prosecutors check whether there is a recording file of calls such as the president and his wife
In 2022, when the presidential election was held, the timing of the alleged manipulation of public opinion coincided.

[Anchor]
The prosecution investigating the 'suspected involvement in the nomination' has secured the so-called 'golden phone' of Myung Tae-kyun, which is likely to contain phone calls with key figures such as President Yoon Suk Yeol and his wife.

Attention is focusing on whether it can be a clue to the investigation of suspicions of nomination intervention.

Reporter Lim Hyung-joon reports.

[Reporter]
Prosecutors have secured three mobile phones, a mobile storage device and a USB memory used by Myung Tae-kyun.It was secured by voluntary submission from a close aide of

.

Among the evidence obtained by the prosecution, the mobile phone used by Myung from September 2019 to November last year was reportedly included.Mr.

asked Park Joo-min of the Democratic Party of Korea to interview the detention center on the 12th if he was arrested.Myung claims that he tried to give lawmaker Park a 'golden phone'

, but lawmaker Park said he did not hear about the 'golden phone' and did not receive an interview.

The prosecution secured the so-called "golden phone" and at the same time called Myung to continue the investigation.

[Nam Sang-kwon / Lawyer Myung Tae-kyun: I don't know what's in that cell phone?] I think the prosecution will probably check it.]

The prosecution has been focusing on securing this mobile phone.

This 'golden phone' was viewed as the key to confirm the alleged intervention of nominations and manipulation of public opinion polls.

The prosecution suspects that it contains recordings of Myung's phone calls with Yoon Suk Yeol's president and his wife and influential politicians or photos taken together.

In particular, 2022, when Myung used this mobile phone, was the year of the presidential election as well as the parliamentary by-elections and local elections.It is the time when the prosecution judged that

received money in exchange for the nomination, showing off his friendship with a prominent politician.

It also overlaps with the time when there was a manipulation of opinion polls revealed by Kang Hye-kyung.Attention is focusing on whether the prosecution will be able to uncover the true nature of the suspicion as it secures the so-called "golden phone," which is considered a key evidence of

's alleged involvement in the nomination.

In particular, we are interested in how the results of the investigation through this mobile phone will affect the impeachment of the president.

I'm YTN's Lim Hyungjun.



Photographer: Kang Tae-woo
VJ: Moon Jae-hyun