Lee Jae-myung, the representative of the Democratic Party of Korea, who was pointed out by the prosecution as the apex of the allegations of corruption in the development of Wirye and Daejang-dong, was notified of the summons investigation.
According to the legal community today (16th), the Seoul Central District Prosecutor's Office's anti-corruption investigation division 1 (Chief Prosecutor Eom Hee-jun) and 3 divisions (Chief Prosecutor Kang Baek-shin) were brought to the prosecution on the 27th of this month on charges of breach of trust with Lee and violation of the Anti-Corruption Act and the Conflict of Interest Prevention Act. I was notified to have an investigation with me.
It has been six days since I was investigated by the Seongnam Branch of the Suwon District Prosecutor's Office for 'suspicion of donations to Seongnam FC'.
The prosecution suspects that CEO Lee, who exercised the final decision as Seongnam mayor in relation to the corruption in the Daejang-dong development case, provided convenience to private businesses to make huge profits of 404 billion won and caused damages to Seongnam City.
Jeong Jin-sang, then Seongnam Mayor's policy secretary, and other aides promised to provide business convenience to private businesses in Daejang-dong and receive 42.8 billion won out of development profits, and it is believed that Lee was involved in the process of receiving various election funds.
In the process of the Wirye New Town project in 2013, then-secretary Jeong Jin-sang and others leaked internal information of Seongnam City in advance to private contractors, and Lee was also involved in the process of being selected as a business operator.
Representative Lee is expected to discuss with the party leadership whether or not to attend the prosecution.
He may not respond to the prosecution's subpoena.
On the 10th of this month, even when he was investigated by the Seongnam branch office for the alleged donation of Seongnam FC, he submitted a written statement of 6 pages of A4 paper and answered most of the prosecution's questions in the form of 'substituting the contents of the written statement'. lost
In the legal world, there are observations that Lee will show a similar attitude in the Wirye and Daejang-dong allegations.
Representative Lee has shown that there was no problem with the Daejang-dong development project, saying that it was a 'successful public return case'.
On charges of receiving various illegal funds, his aides claim that "the political prosecutor's beating Lee Jae-myeong" and "I did not take a single won of personal profit. I have no shame in looking up to the sky."
After completing the investigation of Lee, the prosecution is considering a plan to request an arrest warrant in conjunction with the Seongnam FC donation suspicion.
However, since Representative Lee is an active member of the National Assembly and is currently in session, in order to secure his recruit, he must go through the process of consenting to the arrest of the National Assembly.
Given the current topography of the National Assembly, where the Democratic Party holds the majority, it is highly likely that the motion for the arrest of Lee will be rejected.