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Former general manager Yoo Dong-gyu also claimed that, following the advice of Rep. Yoon Gun-young, he took on the role of pre-finding the people to appoint when then-Governor Lee Jae-myung was elected president.

Yoo also said that he had discussed the work with Jeong Jin-sang, then head of the Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Policy.



Next, this is reporter Kang Min-woo's exclusive report.



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Former head Dong-gyu Yoo claimed that at a three-person meeting at the Gyeonggi-do governor's office in January of last year, Rep. Kun-young Yoon said, "If you are appointed after the election, reasons for disqualification may come out at the hearing, so your aides should take charge of verification in advance."



Hearing this advice, he set out to secure a 'talent pool', but said that he moved in the form of a so-called 'detached unit' outside the election camp.



He argued that this process was discussed with Jeong Jin-sang, the head of the Gyeonggi-do Policy Office at the time, who was the closest aide to CEO Lee, and that CEO Lee would also be aware of this.



It is said that the prosecution also recently secured a statement from a person involved in the Daejang-dong case, saying, "The former head of headquarters Yoo said he was considering a three-star general as a candidate for defense minister."



Former Headquarters Yoo also claimed that he introduced many of the politicians currently classified as 'aide to Lee', and that he introduced many of the lawyers in the Telegram group chat room where Lee's officials gathered.



In response to SBS' request for confirmation, Lee's representative dismissed Yoo as making a one-sided argument for self-promotion.



He emphasized that there was never a request for securing talent from former director Yoo, and if the 'talent pool' was formed as a 'detached unit' as claimed, the person recommended by former director Yoo should have sat in a key position, but that did not happen.



Jeong's side also refuted that it was a ridiculous story, saying that former director Yoo was not in a relationship or position to make such a suggestion.



(Video coverage: Seol Min-hwan, Video editing: Lee Seung-jin)



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