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Mr. Jo Sung-eun, who declared himself to be a public interest reporter and informant who informed the media of the 'suspicion of accusation'. After running a design company, he joined the New Politics Alliance for Democracy in 2014 and entered politics by joining the Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon candidate camp. In 2016, he served as an emergency committee member of the People's Party, and the chairman of the emergency response at that time was Park Ji-won, director of the National Intelligence Service. And just before the general election last year, when the allegations of accusation were made, I was on the leadership of the United Future Party.



Reporter Lee Hyun-young summarized the newly confirmed facts and the remaining suspicions with the appearance of Mr. Cho, who crossed the opposition in this way.



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Seong-eun Seong revealed that he voluntarily submitted it to the Supreme Prosecutor's Inspection Department and the Airborne Service in April last year, at the time of the suspicion, including the cell phone he used, the cell phone he recently used, and a USB storage device.



In this regard, the claim that should be veiled is whether Rep. Kim Woong, who was then a candidate for the National Assembly at the time, sent two complaints via Telegram on April 3 and 8 last year.



Cho also spoke on the phone with Rep. Kim at the time, claiming that "Rep. Kim said, 'You have to file a complaint with the Supreme Prosecutor's Office, and never at the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office.'"



Regarding this, Rep. Kim Woong is in the position that he does not remember whether he said such a thing.



However, he added that he used to convey the request of the informant as well when he received the report.



Then did Mr. Cho forward the complaint to the United Future Party?



Mr. JoeIt was not delivered,” he asserts.



If this is true, it is a mystery whether the 'April 8 accusation', which is very similar to the accusation letter of the United Future Party in August last year, was actually used in the accusation process.



Representative Jeong Jeong-sik of People's Power, who delivered the draft, said, "I don't remember who got it." said



Cho called the allegations related to himself and a certain presidential camp "absurd and insulting" and refuted the 'manipulation theory' by saying, "How much swelling of the liver would you try to manipulate and submit to the investigative agency to deceive them?"



In the midst of this, on the 11th of last month, Mr. Cho posted a photo of a place to eat on his SNS with the caption, "The moment of conversation with history," and as it became known that he was referring to a meeting with Park Ji-won, the head of the National Intelligence Service, the controversy surrounding this arose. There is.



(Video coverage: Jeong Sang-bo, video editing: Won-hee Won)