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trial of four key figures in the suspicion of preferential treatment for development in Daejang-dong, Seongnam began today (the 6th). The issue is whether the charges of breach of trust applied by the prosecution will be recognized, and whether the evidence of the transcript submitted by Accountant Jeong Young-hak will be recognized.



Reporter Park Chan-geun reports on the trial on the first day.



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The first trial of four key figures in Daejang-dong was held after being postponed twice.



Only Yoo Dong-gyu, former head of Seongnam Urban Development Corporation, attended with his attorney in person, while Hwacheon Daeyu major shareholder Man-bae Kim, Attorney Nam-wook, and Accountant Jeong Young-hak were brought to court instead.



While former General Manager Yoo and Mr. Kim and Mr. Nam did not reveal whether they acknowledged the charges because they could not confirm the records of the prosecution's investigation,



[Kim Kook-il / Attorney General Yoo Dong-gyu: We have not seen the record yet, so we cannot give an answer. I'm sorry.]



Accountant Jeong Young-hak, who provided 19 transcripts to the prosecution at the beginning of the investigation, admitted to the charge from the first day.



Accountant Jung said, "I am afraid of being stigmatized, but I generally admit the allegations," and said that they would cooperate with the trial.



On the other hand, Nam's side said, "There are a lot of transcripts appearing, but it is necessary to take time to judge the evidence ability strictly," and foreshadowed a fierce battle over the evidence capacity of the transcript.



In addition, the main issue of the trial is whether the four people admitted to the breach of trust that they caused damage to Seongnam City by driving 65 billion won of housing land development dividends and more than 110 billion won of implementation profits to Hwacheon Daeyu.



As Yoo's detention expires in April next year, the court plans to speed up the trial of the case with the goal of adjudicated in the first instance before that.



(Video coverage: Seo Jin-ho, video editing: Won-hee Won, CG: Han Jeong-woo)