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Bae Sang-yoon, chairman of KH Group, who is known to be close to former chairman Kim Seong-tae, is also currently staying abroad, and Chairman Bae has expressed his intention to return to Korea soon.
Chairman Bae, who has an arrest warrant issued, has a lot to do with the case involving former Chairman Kim Seong-tae.
Reporter Ha Jeong-yeon will provide more details.
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Former Ssangbangwool Group Chairman Kim Seong-tae and KH Group Chairman Bae Sang-yoon are close enough to be called sworn brothers, and the prosecution sees them as a so-called 'economic community'.
He left the country around July or August of last year, around the same time as former Chairman Kim, and was staying in Southeast Asia, but suddenly expressed his intention to return voluntarily.
It has been three days since former Chairman Kim was arrested in Thailand.
The KH Group said, "Chairman Bae is currently preparing to return home."
Chairman Bae was also indicted and convicted along with former Chairman Kim as an accomplice in the double drop stock price manipulation case in the past.
In addition, in the course of investigating Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myeong's "suspicion of payment of attorney fees," it was revealed that KH Group affiliates lent billions of won to a paper company owned by former Chairman Kim.
Chairman Bae is also suspected of obstructing the bidding of Pyeongchang Alpensia Resort in Gangwon-do.
KH Group said, "Chairman Bae did not escape from the investigation, but left the country for business reasons." .
It is observed that if Chairman Bae returns to Korea following former Chairman Kim, the prosecution's investigation into the suspicion of corruption related to the Ssangbangwool Group and the payment of attorney fees will accelerate.
(Video editing: Lee Seung-jin: CG: Kang Kyung-rim)