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We announced yesterday (the 4th) exclusively that Prime Minister candidate Han Deok-soo received more than 1.8 billion won in torture fees for 4 years and 4 months until recently.

This part seems to be an issue in the verification process in the future. In addition, it was additionally confirmed that candidate Han Deok-soo received about 60 million won in one year while serving as an outside director of a large corporation.



Correspondent Koh Ji-hyeon covered the story.



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Prime Minister candidate Han Deok-soo replied that he would faithfully explain at the personnel hearing about the 1.8 billion won he received from Kim & Chang.



[Han Deok-soo / Prime Minister Candidate: Neat, I will make and submit materials to be discussed at the hearing committee, so ask questions, discuss, and do it there…

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The transition committee explained, "We were aware that there were things that did not meet the public's expectations," but "we appointed a suitable person to overcome the current difficulties."



President-elect Yoon Seok-yeol also sought understanding.



[Yoon Seok-yeol/President-elect: (Is there any problem in public sentiment?) Well, please judge it well.]



The Democratic Party, which organized the personnel hearing TF, said that it would thoroughly examine the nature of the 1.8 billion won.



[Park Hong-geun / Democratic Party floor leader: People are curious about what role a former high-ranking official who is not a lawyer played in Kim & Chang.

About 35 million won per month



A candidate passed the Prime Minister's personnel hearing under the Roh Moo-hyun administration, but the moral standards for public officials have been raised, so he will do an awl verification.



In the midst of this, it was confirmed that one candidate worked as an outside director at S-OIL, an oil company, and received 62 million won for nine months.



According to the S-OIL business report, a candidate voted in favor of all the agenda after attending four board meetings until December after being appointed in March last year.



S-Oil said, "The remuneration standards were decided by the remuneration committee under the board of directors and approved at the general shareholders' meeting."



One candidate said that they would also clarify this matter at the hearing.



(Video coverage: Yang Doo-won, video editing: Choi Jin-hwa)