<Anchor>



Let's start with the content that we independently covered.

As a result of the coverage, it was confirmed that Lee Chang-yang, the Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy, who served as an outside director of several companies while serving as a professor at KAIST, caused a so-called 'conflict of interest' controversy, also served as an advisor to the company.

However, this fact was not included in the personnel hearing materials that Lee submitted to the National Assembly.



Today's (19th) first news, reporter Kim Deok-hyeon, exclusively covered the news.



<Reporter>



Candidate Chang-Yang Lee, who worked as a professor at KAIST, has served as an outside director at three companies since 2009 and received 730 million won.



He countered that there was no problem with the 'conflict of interest' point.



[Lee Chang-yang / Candidate for Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy: I think that the performance of a ministerial position as an outside director is completely different.

I think that business school professors are very helpful for education and research if they know about corporate management.]



However, as a result of SBS coverage, it was confirmed that Lee served as an advisor to three companies in addition to outside directors.



At SK hynix, he served as an advisory member since May 2018, two months after his tenure as an outside director, and received 60 million won for one year. Each received sixty thousand won.



Since 2013, he has also served as an advisor to a private equity fund manager for over 8 years.



As the Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy, this may raise the possibility of a 'conflict of interest'.



Although the law does not stipulate the scope of submission, it is pointed out that it should not be omitted in the verification process.



[Choi Jae-hyeok/Secretary of the Solidarity of Participation: Where and what he did must be disclosed, in the future, when this person performs his duties, he can be trusted that he performed it objectively without being biased...

.]



The candidate's side said, "It is not an official position, but a simple advisory activity," and "It was excluded from the data as it was judged not to be a major activity."



(Video coverage: Kim Nam-seong, video editing: Choi Hye-young, data provided: Hong Jeong-min's office)