Prosecutors Conduct Second Departure Investigation of Kim Bong-hyun at Southern Detention Center Today

Former Chairman Kim Bong-hyun of Star Mobility. [Image source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Choi Seok-jin] On the 28th, the prosecution investigating the allegations of 'prosecutor drinking entertainment' involving Kim Bong-hyun, former chairman of Star Mobility (46, detained and indicted), a key figure in the Lime Asset Management scandal, will conduct a second interrogation of Kim.

On this day, the prosecution's investigation is expected to focus on specifying the date and time when the drinking entertainment, revealed by Kim, took place.

According to the legal community on the 28th, the Seoul Southern District Prosecutors' Office's special investigation team for prosecutor entertainment and bribery cases (team leader Kim Rak-hyun, head of Criminal Division 6) plans to visit the Seoul Southern Detention Center, where Kim is incarcerated, to conduct a second interrogation following the one on the 25th.

During the previous investigation, the prosecution reportedly questioned Kim as a witness and did not prepare a written record.

Recently, based on mobile phone data of room salon employees obtained during the investigation of Kim Mo, a former Blue House administrator indicted for delivering internal documents of the Financial Supervisory Service to Lime, the prosecution has reportedly narrowed down the possible dates when the entertainment occurred.

Meanwhile, Lawyer A, who Kim claimed arranged the drinking party, recently stated in a media interview that "there were drinking gatherings with lawyers who are former prosecutors, but there was no drinking with current prosecutors at a room salon," and the prosecutors named by Kim as targets of the entertainment have also denied his claims as groundless.

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