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Next, I will tell you the breaking news of the Lime, which has a damage of 1.6 trillion won. Key figures for the incident were arrested last night (23) by former star mobility chairman Kim Bong-hyun, who was called Lime's money, and former vice president Lee Jong-pil, who ran Lime's fund. They have been hiding around the country for as long as five months, but first we will look at the arrest scene last night.

Reporter Sangmin Kim.

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late detectives urge passengers in a taxi to get out of the car.

Even with the patrol car, Bertie sits on the floor and refuses to accompany the passenger, even after being pulled by the detectives after a 20-minute lift.

Former celebrity chairman Kim Bong-hyun of Jeonju Lime Asset Management, which suffered damage of KRW 1.6 trillion, was arrested last night at 9:00 in Seongbuk-gu, Seoul.

He resisted by presenting a fake ID, but was soon overpowered.

In the residence where former Chairman Kim was staying, former vice president Lee Jong-pil and former head of Shinhan Financial Investment Team Sim Mo were arrested.

It was reported that former chairman Kim and former vice president, arrested last night, stayed there for about two weeks.

Two people who had failed to comply with the actual arrest warrant and continued to flee to Myeong-dong, Gangnam, and Gangwon-do resorts in 5 or 4 months.

When using dozens of cannon phones while fleeing and moving places, it was found that the taxis were changed several times.

In the houses where they were caught, hundreds of millions of cash were used to escape.

Immediately after the arrest, former President Kim, who was investigated for the embezzlement of Suwon's passenger money, closed the interview with a reporter.

[Kim Bong-hyun / Former Star Mobility Chairman: (Did you bribe the Blue House administrator? How have you been avoiding it for 5 months?)… .]

Lee's former vice president was transferred to the Seoul District Prosecutor's Office during the Lime investigation, but Chairman Kim will be handed over to the prosecution as soon as the embezzlement investigation is completed.

(Video coverage: Taehoon Kim, Choi Woong-woong, video editing: Ha Sung-won)

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