United Future Party "Financial Services Commission and Financial Supervisory Service Avoid Reporting on Lime and Optimus Scandals"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Ji-eun] The Future United Party's Special Committee for the Prevention of Private Equity Fund Corruption and Victim Relief claimed that the Financial Services Commission and the Financial Supervisory Service are deliberately avoiding reporting in relation to the Lime and Optimus incidents.

In a statement on the 22nd, the special committee said, "It is truly difficult to understand why there is a ruling and opposition party divide in activities to uncover the full extent of the private equity fund fraud and to assist victims, and why government officials' reports to the National Assembly must be cautious of the administration and ruling party," expressing their concerns.

They claimed that although a report from the Financial Services Commission and the Financial Supervisory Service regarding the Lime and Optimus incidents was scheduled for 10 a.m. that day, Eun Sung-soo, the Financial Services Commission Chairman, and Yoon Seok-heon, the Financial Supervisory Service Governor, avoided attending the special committee, causing the report to be canceled. The committee pointed out, "The superficial reason for their absence was to match the rank of the attending reporters, but the real underlying reason is that they are avoiding reporting due to pressure from the ruling party and administration."

The special committee stated, "If the Korean prosecution had exercised common sense and normal caution, the Lime and Optimus incidents could have been prevented in advance," highlighting that the Korea Communications Agency submitted a request for investigation into Optimus's illegal activities to the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office in October 2018.

The committee added, "The prosecution neglected this investigation for almost a year, then around September last year, summoned officials from the Communications Agency again for questioning, and a month later indicted Park Jun-tak, CEO of MG Partners, among others, effectively letting the investigation fade away. Although the investigation request clearly specified to investigate Kim Jae-hyun of Optimus, for some reason, no sanctions were imposed and the matter was quietly dropped," emphasizing the point.

They noted, "This period was when NH Securities was actively selling Optimus products," adding, "If the prosecution had conducted a proper investigation and review at that time, the 500 billion KRW scale Optimus incident could have been prevented." They also pointed out that the Lime incident was reported to the prosecution in March last year but was neglected for a year.

The special committee demanded, "The government and ruling party must clearly explain why the Financial Services Commission Chairman and Financial Supervisory Service Governor feel uncomfortable attending and reporting to the opposition party's special committee, and why they are giving such signals," urging, "President Moon Jae-in should order a thorough and transparent investigation into these suspicious matters to clarify the truth."

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