"Searching 8 places." Lee Gi-heung, Jung Jo-jun...The unification of opposition parties is difficult.

[Anchor]
Police investigating allegations of misconduct by Lee Ki-heung, chairman of the Korea Sports Council, seized and searched eight places, including the Olympic Hall.

Chairman Lee is likely to serve three consecutive terms despite the "judicial risk," but the unification of opposition candidates is struggling.

This is reporter Cho Eun-ji.

[Reporter]
Jincheon National Training Center, the cradle of the national team, was raided again in 20 days.

Following the prosecution's investigation into corruption in service contracts, this time the police have secured evidence to confirm allegations of fraudulent recruitment, embezzlement, and breach of trust.

Investigators were dispatched to eight locations, including the personnel department on the 7th floor of the Korea Sports Association, and the tip of the sword of the prosecution and police is facing Lee Ki-heung, chairman of the Sports Council, the "peak of suspicion."

[Lee Ki-heung / President of the Korea Sports Council (suspension of duty), IOC member] (The 13th of last month) "I don't agree with even 1%. It has nothing to do with me about hiring irregularities.]

Chairman Lee, who previously pleaded not guilty, is expected to throw his "third term in office" on the 23rd.

According to the current election method in which 2,300 randomly selected sportsmen, including executives, athletes, and leaders of each group, exercise one vote each.
The incumbent chairman, who has secured a fixed
ticket, believes that Chairman Lee is in an absolute advantage.

The leading opposition candidates agreed that it should be a one-on-one fight, that is, an anti-Lee Ki-heung alliance, and agreed on a big framework for unification.

[Park Chang-beom/Former president of the Korea Wushu Association: We gathered opinions narrowly. [They agreed to make the final decision by the 23rd]

But it's a fairy tale about the way.

Candidate Yoo Seung Min insists on polling, and candidate Kang Shin-wook raises the practical difficulty of sampling athletes.

[Yoo Seung Min / Former President of the Korea Table Tennis Association and IOC Member: Shouldn't there be a fair way for the people and athletes to understand....]

[Kang Shin-wook / Dankook University Honorary Professor: It's never easy to make an agreed question. [It's never easy to sample the population]

Candidate Park Chang-beom, who went on a hunger strike for 11 days, is leading the behind-the-scenes discussion, saying that if he fails to unify, he is the sinner of history.

It is now a week before the registration of candidates who pay 70 million won in deposits, and the investigation of the prosecution and police is gaining momentum due to the complicated calculation method of opposition candidates, and the game continues in the fog.

I'm Jo Eun Ji of YTN.

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