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Suspicion continues to arise that Mr. Kim Man-bae, a key figure in the Daejang-dong case, lobbied in all directions, including political and media circles as well as the legal community.

However, the prosecution's investigation into these allegations has yet to speed up properly.



Reporter Park Chan-geun covered this story.



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In October 2021, Attorney Nam Wook stated that he had heard from Mr. Kim Man-bae during the prosecution investigation, and stated the lobbying situation for the judge.



Kim Man-bae said at the prosecution, "I played golf countless times with the judges and prosecutors, and they gave me 1 million won in pocket money. They said that they would take 5 million won each time they played, and they said that they spent a lot of money."



The prosecution is also known to have checked the contact information of two former and incumbent judges in the phone list of employees of entertainment establishments that Kim Man-bae often went to.



The advisory lawyers of Hwacheon Daeyu and Cheonhwa Dongin No. 1, which are investment corporations of Daejang-dong, are also subject to suspicion.



Likewise, this is the prosecution investigation report for October 2021.



Former High Prosecutor Park Young-soo, who is listed in the so-called "5 billion club," wrote that he received 255 million won in torture fees, and former Supreme Court Justice Kwon Soon-il received 210 million won in torture fees.



The daughter of former high prosecutor Park, who worked at Hwacheon Daeyu, received a loan of 1.1 billion won from the company and sold an unsold apartment owned by the company.



Attorney Nam Wook also hinted at the possibility of lobbying during a prosecution investigation in the same month, saying, “Mr.



Prosecutors say that they are currently investigating the 'mainstream' of the Daejang-dong suspicion, and they are only stating their principled position that they will proceed sequentially according to the investigation plan for the suspicions related to the legal profession, such as the '5 billion club'.



(Video coverage: Seol Min-hwan, video editing: Park Chun-bae, CG: Eom So-min)