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Former general manager Yoo Dong-gyu, who is known to have stated that he gave money to Kim Yong-gyu, was released from the detention center last night.

He was released after the deadline for detention had expired, but there was also a battle between the opposition and the prosecution over whether there was any conciliation or pressure against Yoo during the prosecution's investigation.



Reporter Ahn Hee-jae will tell you about this.



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After one year of arrest, former general manager Yoo Dong-gyu was released.



[Yoo Dong-gyu / Former Head of Seongnam Urban Development Corporation: (Is this the funds for the presidential election of Candidate Jae-myung Lee?) I'm sorry.]



After getting in a taxi waiting, he ran away from the reporters and disappeared.



In the context of analysis that the statement of former general manager Yoo had a decisive influence on the arrest of Kim Yong, suspicions have been raised from the opposition that the prosecution contributed to the release of former general manager Yoo and received the statement.



[Seo Eun-sook / Senior Member of the Democratic Party: This is a procedure to convict the opposition party leader based on the statements secured by the conciliation and intimidation of the political prosecution.]



The prosecution protested, saying that it was only released after the legal detention period had expired.

[Lee Won-seok / Prosecutor General: Conciliation by being confined in a correctional facility, can you convince a person who goes out because the period of detention has expired?] Rather, the prosecution argued that



conciliation or attempts to silence the accomplices were suspected.





When allegations were raised that the prosecution had provided convenience to the fact that the former general manager Yoo and his common-law spouse met in the same investigation room, the prosecution responded by saying that it was just a necessary investigation against the two.



Prosecutors, who emphasized that they had used all means to prevent the release, argued that the court did not accept it, especially when recently indicted on the suspicion of favoritism in Wirye.



However, it was confirmed that the court in charge of the Wirye case did not request additional arrest.



Director Yoo will appear in the Daejang-dong case without detention tomorrow (21st).



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