'Lee Jae-myung's closest aides' Kim Yong arrested... Suspicion of giving and receiving 800 million won before and after the preliminary election

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Vice President Kim Yong, who was arrested by the prosecution, is a close aide to Lee Jae-myung, who played a key role in the candidate camp during the last presidential election.

Prosecutors suspect that Vice-President Kim received 800 million won from the Daejang-dong party, but the timing of receiving the money overlaps with the pre-election period, so the impact may increase depending on the results of the investigation.

Next is reporter Kim Kwan-jin.

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The allegations suggested by the prosecution when they suddenly arrested Vice President Yong Kim are in violation of the Political Funds Act.

Yoo Dong-gyu, former head of the planning division of Seongnam Urban Development Corporation, is accused of receiving 800 million won from a group in Daejang-dong.

The time is between April and August of last year, and the prosecution believes that money has been crossed several times before and after the registration of the Democratic Party presidential primary candidate.

It is reported that the prosecution has secured a statement and circumstance that Attorney Nam Wook, one of the large-scale contractors, handed money to Yoo through Jeong Min-yong, former head of the Strategic Business Department of Seongnam Urban Development Corporation, and that former general manager Yoo again handed cash to Kim. I lost.

Kim Yong, a former Seongnam City Councilor, is the closest aide to Lee's double heart along with Jeong Jin-sang, head of the political affairs coordination office.

[Lee Jae-myung / Democratic Party Representative (January 2020, YouTube 'Kim Yong Utilization'): I will tell you that it is a very useful timber that will create great results in the future because it is a person like my own self.]

Before the search and seizure of former general manager Yoo Dong-gyu last year, deputy director Kim spoke on the phone six times with former director Yoo Dong-gyu, and the statement of lawyer Nam Wook that he heard that Jeong Jin-sang, Yoo Dong-gyu, Kim Yong, and Kim Man-bae were brother-in-law was revealed. .

[Kim Yong / Vice President of the Democratic Research Institute (September last year, on the phone with SBS): (Former Director Dong-gyu Yoo) Before I became a city council member, we knew what we were doing while remodeling (related work)…

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At that time, we had a common goal and we met in the private sector together...

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If the allegations of Vice-President Kim are true, the next step in the prosecution's investigation is to identify the source, which means there is a possibility that it will soon turn into an investigation into President Lee's presidential election funds.

Deputy Director Kim denied the allegations, saying, "The prosecution is creating crimes without the prosecution," but protested, saying, "I will do everything I can to correct the behavior of the prosecution, which is engaged in political manipulation."

(Video coverage: Seol Min-hwan, video editing: Park Ki-duk)

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Let's organize news from the political circles that are urgently going back, with reporter Lee Han-seok.

[Reporter Lee Han-seok: Today (19th), Park Hong-geun, floor leader of the Democratic Party, declared an emergency situation.

So, the prosecution was directly targeting the 'election funds'.

So, in the current situation, if we do not take a hard-line response, Chairman Lee Jae-myung, as well as the party leader, and the entire party can be greatly shaken.]

[Reporter Lee Han-seok: Last month, Jeong Jin-sang, one of the key aides, was seized and searched.

And today, another close associate, Vice President Kim Yong, was also arrested, but Lee has not made a statement for a month.]

[Lee Jae-myung / Democratic Party Representative: (Please tell me about the search and seizure of Vice President Kim Yong.) …

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[Reporter Lee Han-seok: It is known that representative Lee is making a judgment like this, because the prosecution has already made a conclusion and is investigating, so there is no need to take out the response card first.

The key rebuttal evidence that will impeach the prosecution's indictment is that you just need to prove it in the trial.]

[Reporter Lee Han-seok: First of all, it is officially stipulated as 'opposition oppression' and takes a strong response. However, if you look inside, the air currents between the pro-Lee Jae-myeong realm and the non-i-jae-myeong realm are a little subtle.

Recently, Rep. Jeon Jae-soo said that he was disappointed about Lee's holding of shares in a defense company, but a re-elected member of the party compared this point to a canary in a coal mine.

So the miners detect danger ahead of time with the canary, a bird that is sensitive to noxious gases.

So, within the party, lawmakers non-Lee Jae-myung-gye are paying close attention to the legal risks of Chairman Lee.

One pro-Moon lawmaker even said that the party may not be able to bear the damage if Lee's corruption crimes are revealed, and that an exit strategy is necessary.

On the other hand, lawmakers Lee Jae-myung-gye will face headwinds in the end because they are an improvised prosecution investigation for political retaliation.

It's such a confident atmosphere.]

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