The prosecution, which is investigating the case of Daejang-dong development lobbying and preferential treatment, recalled Kim Man-bae, the major shareholder of Hwacheon Daeyu, and Nam-wook, a lawyer on the afternoon of the 20th.
The investigation team in charge of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office called Kim again this afternoon and started the investigation.
It has been 6 days since the arrest warrant was dismissed by the court on the 14th.
Kim, who arrived at the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office at 1:17 pm, avoided specific answers to various questions from reporters, saying, "I will go in and explain well."
However, when asked how he delivered 10 billion won to a sales company run by a relative of former special prosecutor Park Young-soo, he briefly replied, "It's normal."
It is a completely different attitude from the way he responded to the allegations raised during the first investigation on the 11th.
Prosecutors are planning to conduct a reinforcement investigation into the crime of an arrest warrant against Kim.
Based on this, we plan to further strengthen the prosecution of former Seongnam Urban Development Corporation's planning division head Dong-gyu Dong, who should be prosecuted this week.
Prosecutors believe that Mr. Kim, along with former general manager Yoo, designed the project so that a large amount of money would be returned to a private company, causing hundreds of billions of won in damage to the construction company, 'at least 116.3 billion won plus alpha'.
It is also suspected that he promised to pay 70 billion won to Yoo in return and actually offered 500 million won as a bribe.
In the process of investigating Mr. Kim, the prosecution suddenly changed the bribe of 500 million won, which consisted of '400 million won in checks and 100 million won in cash', into '500 million won in cash' during the warrant review process, giving the reason for dismissing the warrant.
Prosecutors also found that Mr. Kim received various conveniences from Rep. Kwak Sang-do, who served as the chief of civil affairs at the Blue House, and paid 5 billion won in severance pay to the son of Rep. .
The prosecution plans to re-apply for an arrest warrant after investigating Kim two or three more times, as it has been criticized for not conducting a proper investigation and hastily requested an arrest warrant.
The prosecution also summoned lawyer Nam-wook, who was released early this morning, in the afternoon.
Attorney Nam, who appeared with his hair cut neatly, unlike at the time of entry, said, "From the beginning, I knew that 'he' was not the governor of Gyeonggi Province, Lee Jae-myung." I am explaining it, and I will tell you the truth in the future.”
It is known that the prosecution plans to request an arrest warrant after conducting additional investigations as the investigation was not sufficiently carried out within the time limit for arresting lawyer Nam.
As lawyer Nam is actually shifting responsibility for the allegations to Kim and former general manager Yoo, there is a possibility that there will be a cross-examination between the two people depending on the situation.
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