The interrogation of the suspect before the arrest of Kim Man-bae, the major shareholder of Hwacheon Daeyu, a key figure in the Daejang-dong development lobby and preferential treatment case, has ended.
Judge Seo Bo-min of the Seoul Central District Court conducted a review of Kim's arrest for three and a half hours from 10:30 am to 2:00 pm today (3rd).
Considering that the court review was completed in two and a half hours at the time of the first warrant request on the 14th of last month, it can be seen that the court battle was more intense that day.
Kim, who came out after the interrogation, said, "The castle designed and built by Jeong Young-hak (accountant) is being attacked by Jeong Young-hak and the prosecution, and I am in a position to defend it. .
Regarding the prosecution's formation of the charges based on the transcript submitted by Accountant Jeong, he said, "There are many things that I don't know too much about," he said.
In today's interrogation, it is said that the recording of Accountant Jeong was not reproduced.
At today's interrogation, the prosecution first explained Kim's crimes and the necessity of arrest through a statement of opinion for about an hour.
Prosecutors claimed that Kim, along with former Seongnam Urban Development Corporation's planning division head Yoo Dong-gyu and his business partners in Daejang-dong, designed the project so that a large sum of money would be returned to Hwacheon Daeyu, inflicting more than 65.1 billion won in damage to the construction company.
He also explained that he promised to pay 70 billion won to Yoo in return, then stole 500 million won from the company and gave them as bribes. I did.
In addition, it is known that the prosecution emphasized the need for an arrest investigation, as there is a risk that the 'Daejang-dong family' such as Mr. Kim may destroy evidence by arguing with each other, and there is a risk of escaping due to a severe sentence for the charges.
In response, Kim's lawyer was known to have refuted the allegations piece by piece by giving a presentation for over two hours.
It is reported that the defense attorney claimed that Kim and other private business operators responded to the competition in accordance with the policies and competition guidelines laid out by Seongnam City, but had no intention of inflicting damage to the construction, and therefore argued that there was no reason to promise to pay a large sum of bribes to former general manager Yoo. I lost.
It is reported that the prosecution denied that the bribe claimed by the prosecution could not be regarded as a bribe to former general manager Yoo, as a part of the check, 400 million won was found at the lawyer's office Nam-wook.
It is known that the reason he paid Hwacheon Daewoo salaries to his younger brother or the wife of former Future Korea Party leader Yoo Yu-cheol was because they had seen the actual company, and claimed that it was not embezzlement.
Judge Seo plans to decide whether or not to arrest Kim late tonight based on the statements of both sides, investigation records, and written opinions.
Kim awaits the results of the warrant review at the Seoul Detention Center.
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