▲ Former Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol and his wife Kun-hee Kim


On the 8th, former Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol, an opposition leader, dismissed allegations that his wife, Kun-hee Kim, worked in an entertainment establishment under the name of 'Julie' in the past.



In an interview with the Kyunghyang Shinmun today, former president Yoon responded to a reporter's question about the 'Julie' allegation, saying, "Is this something common sense can accept?"



This is the first time for former President Yoon to personally explain the suspicions related to his wife Kim after the so-called 'Yun Seok-yeol X-File' controversy spread.



Regarding Mr. Kim, he said, "I hate drinking and having fun," and emphasized, "It is not common sense to say that such a person went to a bar and did strange things."



He emphasized, "My family is a person who studies hard and works hard enough to read books or sit in front of a computer until 2 or 3 in the morning. I did.



The answer seems to be with the situation in mind that Kim is being investigated in relation to the allegation of fraudulent thesis at Kookmin University.



Regarding his mother-in-law Choi, who was sentenced to prison on the 2nd for illegal receipt of medical care benefits, he repeated the previous position, saying, "According to the laws and principles, everyone should receive an equal investigation and trial."



He said, "Even family cannot be an exception." "A mother-in-law is a mother-in-law, I know that the people will judge the path I take,” he added.



In his declaration of political participation on the 29th of last month, former President Yoon said, "I wrote about the government-related incidents as I personally experienced and felt them, without adding or subtracting." claimed.



He asked, "Isn't everyone seeing and knowing about it?"



Regarding the recent claim by Rep. Kim Eui-gyeom of the Open Democratic Party of Korea that he had asked President Moon Jae-in to speak alone ahead of an investigation into former Justice Minister Cho Kuk, he denied, "I have a grudge against me."



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