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Prosecutors are investigating for the second day after arresting Kim Yong, deputy director of the Institute for Democracy, who is considered to be the closest aide to Lee Jae-myung, the leader of the Democratic Party.
We connect reporters who are out of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office.
When will the arrest warrant for Park Chan-geun and Vice-President Kim be requested?
<Reporter>
Yes, Kim Yong, deputy director of the Institute for Democracy, has been under intensive prosecution for more than a full day under arrest.
An arrest warrant must be requested within 48 hours after arrest, and there are also observations that it may be requested as early as today (20th).
Prosecutors are investigating the allegation of receiving 800 million won from Daejang-dong, including former head of Seongnam Development Corporation, Yoo Dong-gyu, against Vice-Chairman Kim.
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.
In particular, the funds were delivered between April and August of last year, before and after the Democratic Party's presidential primary.
Prosecutors are known to have specified the nature of this money as 'election funds' in the arrest warrant for Vice President Kim.
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But you are strongly denying the allegations?
<Reporter>
Yes, it is.
Deputy Director Kim denies the charge, saying that "the prosecution is creating a crime without the prosecution," but protests, saying, "I will do everything I can to correct the behavior of the prosecution, which engages in political manipulation."
However, given that the court issued an arrest warrant, it can be seen that the prosecution has secured a large number of statements and evidence necessary for the arrest.
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In the midst of this, the former general manager Yoo Dong-gyu was released yesterday, right?
<Reporter>
Yes, former general manager Yoo Dong-gyu, who is being tried in the Daejang-dong case under arrest, left the Seoul Detention Center at around 0 am this morning.
Yoo, who is suspected of giving money while deputy director Kim was arrested and questioned, has been released.
The Democratic Party raised suspicions that the prosecution had persuaded the confession by baiting the release of former general manager Yoo, but the prosecution countered that the period of detention had expired and the court simply did not accept the opinion to extend the detention.