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SBS met a person who closely watched former chairman Kim Seong-tae's escape abroad.

Former Chairman Kim testified that he was looking for a new business locally, and that he lived a luxurious escape life, often appearing at high-end bars accompanied by bodyguards.



Reporter Park Ha-jeong reports.



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Last fall, a restaurant in the 'Ekkamai' area, which is called Cheongdam-dong in Bangkok, Thailand.



[Former Chairman Kim Seong-tae: Our factory is a good thing in the textile industry.]



Mr. A, who was sitting with us, testified that he only learned after a while that this man who was talking about business was the former chairman of Ssangbangul Kim Seong-tae.



[Mr. A: I know him as 'Mr. Kim', so he only said this.

He was just the chairman, in Korea.

He made a lot of money (say.)]



Mr. A, who was doing business in Thailand, met former Chairman Kim through an acquaintance.



[Mr. A: I want to do business, but can I do it in my name? What should I do if other friends come? You did.

In the way that I will now live (here).]



Former Chairman Kim was accompanied by two Thai bodyguards and said that he spent a lot of money.



[Mr. A: (Either you do the calculations yourself) Almost all of them do.

Money well spent.

He also gave the waiters a lot of tips.]



They said that they often saw former chairman Kim in the 'Thonglor' area of ​​Thailand and even in high-end local bars.



[Mr. A: Buy 2 bottles for 400,000 won or 5 bottles for 800,000 won and eat them.

If the lady sits down, how much do you pay per hour?

If you give a tip and sit in a room, more than 1 million won is always out.

(Because he said he saw him there often…) He was there almost every time



he went.] As mid-November passed, he said he couldn't meet former Chairman Kim anymore.



[Mr. A: There are people I know in Laos, so I said, 'Brother, please take me with you when you go later.'

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Mr. A remembers former Chairman Kim like this now.



[Mr. A: He was a rich man.

(He said he had a luxury getaway…) That's right.

When I asked where he lived, he said he lived in Mu Van (Thailand detached house) so…

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Former Chairman Kim, who was controversial enough to escape luxuriously to the extent that Korean food was airlifted through employees of Ssangbangbang in the early days of escape, was eventually caught at a golf course near Bangkok after escaping for eight months.



(Video coverage: Choi Jun-shik, video editing: Choi Hye-young)