It was later revealed that Yoo Dong-gyu, former head of the planning division of Seongnam Urban Development Corporation, had a phone call with Lee Jae-myung, a close aide to the Democratic Party's presidential candidate, Jeong Jin-sang, the current deputy chief of the secretariat of the Democratic Party's election committee, just before the prosecution's search and seizure.
Investigative authorities investigating the case of Daejang-dong are known to have checked the records of Yoo's phone call with the head of the government just before the search and seizure on the 29th of last month.
After finishing the call, former general manager Yoo tried to destroy evidence by throwing his cell phone out the window before the prosecutors entered the residence.
The mobile phone was picked up by a passerby at the time, and the Gyeonggi Nambu Police Agency found it after analyzing CCTV footage of the surrounding building and conducted forensics.
It is known that this forensic result has not yet been shared with the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office.
Deputy Chief of Staff Jeong Jin-sang issued a statement saying, "First of all, in a serious situation ahead of the presidential election, we strongly warn against the conduct of the judicial authorities to damage the media by leaking the contents of investigations into specific individuals that have nothing to do with crime."
He continued, "At that time, in a situation where the transcript was widely reported in the media, I decided that it was necessary to check directly because it was different from the appearance of former general manager Yoo I knew. requested," he said.
According to the statement of Deputy Director Chung, the phone call was made first by Deputy Director Jeong.
The investigative authorities are planning to check what kind of conversation he had with Yoo at the time, considering that there is a possibility that Yoo may have had a close conversation with the chief of the government in a crisis situation.
In particular, it is observed that direct investigation is inevitable as the name of the deputy head of government is mentioned in various places in this case.
As the head of Seongnam City's policy office, Lee Jae-myung, who served as a close aide to Seongnam Mayor at the time, is mentioned in the transcript of Hwang Moo-seong, the first president of Seongnam Urban Development Corporation, being pressured to resign.
'Director Jeong' appears several times in the transcript of former president Hwang Yuhan-ki, then head of the development business division, released.
Deputy Chief of Staff Chung is being charged with abuse of power along with candidate Lee.