China News Service, January 29 (Xinhua) According to Yonhap News Agency, Lee Jae-myung, the leader of South Korea's largest opposition party, the Democratic Party, came to the case as a criminal suspect on the 28th and was summoned by the prosecution for the condolence new city and Daejang-dong real estate fraud.
After the investigation, Li Zaiming said that he felt that the prosecution was not handling the case, but "politicizing".
Prosecutors are not conducting investigations to find out the truth, but fabricating facts for the purpose of prosecution.
According to reports, from 10:30 a.m. local time on the 28th, the first part of the anti-corruption investigation of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors Office interrogated Li Zaiming on the condolence Xincheng real estate fraud case. case for interrogation.
Since Li Zaiming refused to be interrogated late at night, the interrogation ended at 9 o'clock that night. Li Zaiming left after confirming the content of the interrogation record.
Lee Jae-myung is suspected of disclosing the internal secrets of Seongnam City and Seongnam City Development Company to private developers as the final decision-maker for the development projects of Xili Xincheng and Daejang-dong when he was the mayor of Seongnam, making them obtain huge profits.
He is also suspected of deciding to delete the excess profit recovery clause, making Seongnam City unable to obtain additional profits and causing huge losses to Seongnam City.
According to reports, Li Zaiming fully denied all suspicions in his written statement.
The prosecution believes that it is necessary to summon Lee Jae-myung again based on the written statement.
However, Li Zaiming has stated that he has only appeared in the case once, so he is likely to refuse to be interrogated for the second time.
In addition, during the interrogation process, Li Zaiming had conflicts with the prosecution over the delay in the investigation.
Li Zaiming said that the prosecution delayed the investigation for additional subpoenas, repeatedly asked the same questions, and produced the same materials. This behavior is a privatization of state power.
Prosecutors said that Li Zaiming delayed his arrival at the case for interrogation. Since the real estate project involved in the case had been going on for a long time and the scope of the investigation was huge, the prosecution conducted a detailed investigation based on the content of the final decision-maker's report and approval.
Prosecutors plan to summon Li Zaiming again after discussing the content of the interrogation.
If Li Zaiming refuses to appear for the trial, it is expected that the prosecution will merge the case with the corruption case involving sponsorship money of Seongnam Football Club and submit to the court for approval of Li Zaiming's arrest.