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SBS has figured out how many basic lawmakers, such as councilors and military councilors across the country, spent tens of millions of won at regular restaurants.
Most of them were run by the family members of my fellow councilors, and there was also a restaurant for my family members.
Reporter Han Sohee on the report.
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A Korean beef specialty store in Hwasun, Jeollanam-do, the presidency of the Hwasun County Council visited 96 times from July 2018 to May this year, and spent nearly 20 million won in business promotions.
Hwasun-gun Assemblyman Jung Myung-jo is seen among the crowds.
It turned out that this shop was run by the wife of Rep. Jeong Myung-jo.
The chairman of the Hwasun County Assembly often spent a lot of money at the restaurant, Mrs. Jung's fellow lawmaker.
[Jeong Myung-jo/Hwasun-gun Assemblyman: It must be said that the fact that he used it frequently was a mistake.
If you make a promise, do so
If this is the case, I would go to another house.]
Two restaurants side by side in Mapo-gu, Seoul.
The main store is a family restaurant run by the mother and the second store by the son.
Mapo-gu council members spent more than 12 million won at the two restaurants for business promotion.
It is a restaurant run by the wife and son of Representative Han Il-yong of the Mapo-gu Council.
At the time when a member of the lawmaker served as the vice chairman, he spent nearly 3 million won at least 8 times at this restaurant for a member's work promotion expenses.
[Han Il-yong/Mapo-gu Clinic: I used it as a mistake in my judgment because I could not be treated as a vice-chairman...
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is a need to prepare specific grounding rules to ensure that business promotion expenses are used for the purpose and prevent conflicts of interest.