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Prosecutors have arrested Kim Yong, deputy director of the Institute for Democracy, who is a close aide to Lee Jae-myung, the Democratic Party leader, and the investigation is continuing for the second day.
Let's go to the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office.
Reporter Chan-geun Park, Deputy Director Kim is currently under arrest, are you planning on requesting more arrest warrants?
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It is very likely.
Kim Yong-yong, vice president of the Institute for Democracy, is under intensive investigation by the prosecution under arrest.
He is required to file an arrest warrant within 48 hours of his arrest, and there are also observations that he may claim it as early as today (20 days).
Prosecutors are investigating the allegation of receiving 800 million won from Daejang-dong and other members of the Seongnam Urban Development Corporation, including Dong-gyu Dong, the former head of the Seongnam Urban Development Corporation.
It is reported that the prosecution has secured a statement and circumstance that Attorney Nam Wook, one of the blacksmiths, 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 Vice President Kim. I lost.
In particular, the funds were delivered between April and August of last year, before and after the Democratic presidential primary primary.
The prosecution is known to have specified the nature of this money as 'election funds' in the arrest warrant for Vice President Kim.
Deputy Director Kim denies the charges, saying, "I am creating a crime without a prosecution."
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I think the statement of former general manager Yoo Dong-gyu was decisive,
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Yes, former general manager Yoo Dong-gyu, who is undergoing a trial in the Daejang-dong case, came out of the Seoul Detention Center at around 0 am today.
Yoo, who is suspected of giving money while deputy director Kim was arrested and questioned, was released.
An official from the prosecution explained today that there was a suspicious circumstance of conciliation from the party judged to be an accomplice to Yoo, but it is observed that this has nothing to do with Kim's sudden arrest.
The Democratic Party raised suspicions that the prosecution had persuaded the confession by baiting the release of Yoo, but the prosecution refuted that the detention period had expired and all measures were taken to extend the detention.