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The prosecution recently dismissed the case after investigating the allegation that someone paid the attorney fees for Lee Jae-myung, president of the Democratic Party, in the past.

Nevertheless, the prosecution noted that in the decision not to prosecute, it could not be ruled out that the payment was actually made.



More details will be provided by Reporter Ha-jeong Park.



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Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung, who was investigated and tried as governor of Gyeonggi-do.



[Lee Jae-myung/Governor of Gyeonggi-do at the time (October of last year): I transferred all of the attorney fees to the Nonghyup and Samsung Securities accounts, and the amount was a little over 250 million won.



] Suspicion of whether it was given to him led to an accusation.



Prosecutors dismissed the prosecution on the 8th, saying it is difficult to see Lee's remarks as false announcements under the Election Act. 



Considering the amount paid by appointing about 10 large law firms over the past two years, there is a possibility that there may be more money, such as an unusually small amount.



In addition, as a result of account tracking, some of the convertible bonds of Ssangbangbang Group were issued by expediency, and suspicions of money laundering were also confirmed.



Looking at the relationship between CEO Lee, his lawyers, and the SsangBul group, I saw that there was a possibility of payment.



It cannot be ruled out that the lawyers received salaries while serving as outside directors of SsangBul Group, and that money was handed over in the name of this.



Nevertheless, he explained that in the case of non-indictment, the statute of limitations in the election law was short, limiting further investigation.



The representative's son, Dong-ho, was also summoned by the police yesterday (14th).



I was investigated from the morning until late in the evening on allegations of illegal gambling and prostitution that surfaced during the last presidential election.



Park Hong-geun, floor leader of the Democratic Party, expressed dissatisfaction with the investigation, saying, "Unless there is an intention to do it until a problem arises, I want to be able to do it this far."



(Video coverage: Kang Dong-cheol, Video editing: Kim Kyung-yeon, CG: Jeon Yu-geun, Kang Kyung-rim)