Ahn Cheol-soo: "Government and ruling party using COVID-19 as an excuse for anonymous bonds? Possible money laundering in 'ShillaJen' and 'Lime'"

"Helping Bad People with Money Laundering"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Chun-han] Ahn Cheol-soo, leader of the People’s Party, criticized the government and ruling party on the 2nd, saying, “Both ruling and opposition parties should unite for the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19), but I truly believe anonymous bonds are out of the question.”

On the same day, Ahn said on Twitter, “The government and ruling party tried to downplay their intention to issue anonymous bonds under the pretext of COVID-19, pretending to respond and then retracting.”

He pointed out, “In short, anonymous bonds mean money without a tag. It enables money laundering by making it impossible to know whose money it is. Large-scale financial fraud cases such as ShillaJen and Lime Asset Management, which occurred under this administration, are under investigation. If this is allowed now, all the money earned through large-scale financial frauds that caused ordinary people to suffer will be laundered.”

He continued, “Since the IMF foreign exchange crisis, the government has never issued anonymous bonds in our country. However, the Democratic Party and the Moon Jae-in administration suddenly say they will issue anonymous bonds under the pretext of COVID-19,” adding, “This means the government is leading efforts to help people who want to make illegal gifts, illegal inheritances, and criminals launder their money.”

Ahn said, “When it comes to wrongdoing, there is no division between Honam and Yeongnam, or between progressives and conservatives,” and added, “I and the People’s Party will take the lead to prevent the government from opening the door to laundering black money.”

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