Former lawmaker Kwak Sang-do, a former member of the People's Power, who is accused of helping a private developer in Daejang-dong and receiving billions of won through his son, denied the allegations again immediately after the Young-Jal substantive examination.
Rep. Kwak met with reporters after a two-hour screening today (1st) and said, "I am deeply sorry for being involved in an unfortunate incident."
He continued, "The details of the solicitation, date and place, etc., did not come out precisely during the interrogation process today," he said.
Also, regarding the so-called '5 billion club list', where the lobbying allegations were raised, he said, "It has been talked about for a long time, but I am the only one who has the problem, and the prosecution is going in the direction of granting indulgences to the rest of the people mentioned." doubt," he said.
Regarding the suspicion that his son received a large amount of severance pay, he said, "Don't you all know that the company made a lot of money that other people can't imagine?" "So I think these strange things happened."
Prosecutors believe that former lawmaker Kwak took about 2.5 billion won in the name of his son's severance pay in exchange for helping Hwacheon Daeyu form a consortium with Hana Bank during the Daejang-dong development project.
Whether or not to detain Kwak is expected to be decided late tonight at the earliest.
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