The prosecution is concentrating its investigative power on uncovering the timing of the reception while the truth battles surrounding the'prosecutor's liquor hospitality suspicion' by former Star Mobility chairman Kim Bong-hyun (46, arrest prosecution), a key figure in the Lime Asset Management (Lime) incident, continues. There is.
According to the legal profession, the Seoul Southern District Prosecutor's Office (CEO Rak-Hyun Kim, 6th Detective Division Head), the prosecutor of the Southern District of Seoul, specifies the date and time of the'room salon drinking service' based on the prison statement released by former Chairman Kim and the contents of the investigation by the Ministry of Justice. Is focused on.
In the 1st position issued on the 16th, former Chairman Kim claimed that "in July last year, I gave a drink worth 10 million won to three incumbent prosecutors through a former prosecutor attorney A."
Attorney A refuted that he had not been drinking in the room salon with incumbent prosecutors.
It is also known that the prosecutors whom former Chairman Kim selected as the target of entertainment also revealed that Kim's claims were unfounded.
With both sides' arguments tightly confronted, the prosecution confiscated and searched the cell phone and office of Attorney A, who was pointed out as a lobby counter.
At the time of the seizure and search, the charges on the warrant were bribes.
In order for bribery to be established, the time and place for giving and receiving money or entertainment must be specified and the price must be proven.
The prosecution investigated former Blue House administrator Kim Mo, who was convicted in the first trial for delivering internal documents to Lime Asset Management, and identified a room salon in Cheongdam-dong, Gangnam-gu, which is the'place'.
If you take the content that former chairman Kim argued that'the prosecutors who were treated at the time were prosecutors who would join the Lime investigation team in the future', it can be said that the cost was premised.
So the key is when to entertain.
If the exact date and time that the three prosecutors, lawyer A, and former chairman Kim met in the room salon were confirmed, the suspicion could be quickly resolved.
Since the lobbying targets have already been identified, if the date and time are specified, various evidences such as the prosecutor's office access record can be used to reconstruct the movement of those involved in the time zone.
If it turns out that those who are suspicious of hospitality actually visited the room salon in Cheongdam-dong, the arguments of former chairman Kim would be empowered.
However, if it is confirmed that even some of the prosecutors pointed out by Kim had stayed at the prosecutors' office on the same day, it would inevitably hurt the credibility of the statement and the entire position.
However, it is unclear whether former Chairman Kim will cooperate with the prosecution's investigation.
He rejected the investigation by the investigation team, saying, "It is unfair to investigate the prosecution's misconduct by the prosecution."
On the 23rd, he did not attend his own trial due to'mental and psychological stress'.