Bae, who is a key figure in the case of Kim Hye-kyung, the spouse of Lee Jae-myung of the Democratic Party, and Kim Hye-kyung, the new party leader, appeared today (30th) at the interrogation of the suspect before arrest by the court.
Mr. Bae, dressed in a black suit, entered the courtroom 401 of Suwon District Court, Yeongtong-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, with his lawyer at around 10 am today.
Bae is a key figure in this case, who is suspected of serving as Mr. Kim's assistant while working for the provincial government office for three years from July 2018, when Lee was serving as the governor of Gyeonggi Province, to September last year.
He was charged with paying for Kim's personal food with a Gyeonggi corporate card during this period, or receiving an illegal prescription in the name of another person and delivering it to Mr. Kim (business breach).
The amount of corporate card misuse is reported to be more than 100 cases, worth 20 million won, which is more than the initially known 70-80 cases, 7 million-8 million won.
When these allegations surfaced during the 20th presidential election, Mr. Bae countered that it was a false fact, but civic groups and other civic groups accused him of violating the Public Official Election Act, saying that Mr. Bae announced false information.
Kim Hye-kyung, who has been designated as Bae's 'superior', appeared at the police on the afternoon of the 23rd as a suspect and was investigated for about five hours.
It is known that Kim made a consistent statement that he was not involved in the whole process of the allegation of misappropriation of corporate cards.
Bae's warrant substantive examination results are expected to come out later this afternoon.