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Prosecutors have requested an arrest warrant for Kim Yong, vice president of the Institute for Democracy, a close aide to Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung, who was arrested on charges of receiving a large sum from the Daejang-dong party.
Prosecutors indicated that Vice President Yong Kim received 847 million won in the process of preparing for the 20th presidential election.
Correspondent Kim Kwan-jin.
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3rd division of the anti-corruption investigation of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office said that it had requested an arrest warrant for Kim Yong-yong, vice president of the Institute for Democracy, on charges of violating the Political Fund Act at around 6:20 am today (21st).
The warrant review will be held today at 3:30 pm at the Seoul Central District Court.
Prosecutors said that in the process of preparing for the 20th presidential election from April to August last year, in the process of preparing for the 20th presidential election from April to August last year, Deputy Director Kim Yong-gyu conspired with Yoo Dong-gyu, the former head of the Seongnam Urban Development Corporation, to receive 847 million won four times from Attorney Nam-wook for the arrest warrant. timed it.
Earlier, the prosecution arrested Vice-President Yong Kim at his home the morning of the previous day and conducted an intense two-day investigation.
Prosecutors believe that Deputy Director Kim requested 2 billion won from Yoo in February last year, and lawyer Nam Wook provided the funds at the request of Yoo.
In particular, the prosecution defined the nature of the money that Vice President Kim received as the presidential election fund for Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung.
It is suspected that the money passed from April to August of last year, and CEO Lee Jae-myung registered as a presidential candidate on June 30 and started the presidential race in earnest.
Vice President Kim oversaw the competition process as the vice president of the general election camp in July.
The time when CEO Lee prepared for the election and the election was in full swing and the time when the money was passed overlapped.
Deputy Director Kim denied the charges at the prosecution, but it is known that all involved, including former general manager Yoo and lawyer Nam Wook, have admitted to the charges.
When an arrest warrant is issued for Vice-President Kim, it is expected that the investigation of President Lee's presidential campaign funds will begin in earnest as well as the prosecution's investigation into the place of use.