The search and seizure conducted by the police on the 2nd today (2nd) to investigate the 'Seongnam FC sponsorship suspicion' of former Gyeonggi governor Lee Jae-myung, who was a candidate for the Democratic Party's presidential election, ended in 6 hours and 30 minutes.
The Gyeonggi Bundang Police Station dispatched about 20 investigators to five locations, including the Seongnam City Hall Policy Planning Division, Urban Planning Division, Architecture Division, Sports Promotion Division, and Information and Communication Division, from 9:00 am to 3:30 pm today.
The police are known to have secured various materials necessary for the investigation, including related documents.
This is the first time that the police have seized and searched Seongnam City Hall in connection with the alleged sponsorship of Seongnam FC.
As a result of closely examining the allegations through data voluntarily submitted in the previous investigation last year, the police determined that there was no need to conduct a search and seizure. I did.
Choi Seung-ryeol, Commissioner of the Gyeonggi Nambu Police Agency, said, "Some of the contents of the prosecution's request for supplementary investigation have already been identified by the police investigation team through data submitted through an arbitrary investigation, but there are also parts that need to be further reinforced." They went to search for it,” he said.
He added, "The question of whether to search and confiscate the companies that paid the sponsorship will only be able to determine if the investigation proceeds further."
The allegation of the Seongnam FC sponsorship is that while Lee was the owner of Seongnam FC while serving as the mayor of Seongnam, he attracted 16 billion won in donations from Doosan and Naver from 2014 to 2016, and these companies received conveniences such as building permits and land use changes. is.
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