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

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Deputy director of the Institute for Democracy Kim Yong, who was arrested, is accused of receiving 800 million won from the Daejang-dong party, including former Seongnam Development Corporation head Dong-gyu Yoo.

This investigation is leading to the 'election fund investigation', reflecting the timing of receiving the money and the fact that Vice-Chairman Kim is a close aide to CEO Lee Jae-myung.

As the investigator's blade is aiming at Lee, quite a bit of repercussion is expected.

Correspondent 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 period is between April and August of last year, and the prosecution believes that money has been transferred 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 lawyer Nam Wook, one of the blacksmiths, handed money to former general manager 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 vice president 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/President of the Democratic Party (December 2019, YouTube 'How to Use Kim Yong-joo'): I will tell you that it is a very useful tree that will create great results in the future because it is a person like my own alter ego.]

Deputy director Kim spoke on the phone six times with Yoo Dong-gyu prior to the search and seizure of former general manager Yoo Dong-gyu last year, 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. That's it.

If the allegations of Vice-President Kim are true, the next step in the prosecution's investigation is to find out whereabouts, 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."