The prosecution, which is investigating the allegation of the Seongnam FC sponsorship, conducted a search and seizure today (25th) to secure an official document related to the situation at the time when Ansan City pushed for the acquisition of Seongnam Ilhwa Football Club (the predecessor of Seongnam FC) in 2013 but gave up.
Suwon District Prosecutors' Office Seongnam Branch Criminal Division 3 sent prosecutors and investigators to the office of the Sports Promotion Division of Ansan City Hall this morning to secure documents such as official documents about the Seongnam Ilhwa takeover attempt by Ansan City.
Ansan City received an offer to acquire Seongnam Ilhwa, a professional football club run by Tongil Sports, in 2013 and actively reviewed it, but it was difficult to find a company to support operating expenses worth billions of won a year.
In the meantime, Lee Jae-myung, president of the Democratic Party of Korea, who was the mayor of Seongnam at the time, decided to take over Seongnam Ilwha by surprise, and signed a contract to take over at the end of 2013.
The prosecution's search and seizure on this day is interpreted as a way to reinforce the evidence, including the motive of Lee's bribery allegations related to the Seongnam FC allegations.
Suspicion of Seongnam FC sponsorship is that while Chairman Lee of Seongnam FC was the owner of Seongnam FC during his tenure as Seongnam Mayor, he attracted 16 billion won in donations from companies such as Doosan E&C, Naver, and CHA Hospital from 2016 to 2018. It's about convenience.
On the 30th of last month, the prosecution indicted the former head of the Seongnam City Strategic Promotion Team and the former CEO of Doosan E&C related to this case without detention on charges of bribery and bribery, respectively.
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