Kim Ki-hyun "Murderous regime forcing silence through death... Lee Seong-yoon investigation team must be excluded"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Ji-eun] Kim Ki-hyun, a member of the People Power Party, raised his voice that Lee Seong-yoon, the Seoul Central District Prosecutor's Office Chief, should be excluded from the investigation command line regarding the extreme choice incident of Lee Nak-yeon, the closest aide of the Democratic Party leader, saying, "It is reasonable to see that death was forced by the power that wants to cut off the tail."

On the 5th, Kim said on Facebook, "'People first,' but 'killing people' came first."

He pointed out, "A special investigation team is needed to uncover the truth of (the aide's death)," and "Lee, who has already lost trust, should naturally be excluded from the investigation command line of this case."

Kim also criticized, "The ruling party's attitude toward the extreme choice of Lee's closest aide is surprisingly shocking," adding, "Lee himself, the person involved, only released a single message of consolation, and ruling party lawmakers raised suspicions of coercive investigation by the prosecution and tried to divert attention. Like the death of the late Park Won-soon, they seem to be covering up the case itself, saying it is 'disrespectful to the deceased.'"

He pointed out, "If some media reports that financial transaction data showing that Lee's closest aide received a large sum of money in the form of salary from multiple companies in Jeonnam are true, this is a very serious issue," and "Regardless of the aide's death, a thorough investigation should be conducted."

Kim questioned, "Especially considering that Lee is the most powerful figure in the ruling party who served as the governor of Jeonnam with strong administrative authority, it cannot be ruled out that those companies in Jeonnam had some tangible or intangible connection with Lee," and "If the suspicion is baseless, there would be no reason for the aide to make an extreme choice."

He criticized, "People in this regime often suppress or demote investigators when the legal blade comes toward the living power, themselves, and in urgent cases, they drive related persons to death," calling it a "'murder regime' and a 'reckless regime.'"

Kim raised his voice, "How many illegalities and corruptions have the key figures of this regime committed that since the launch of the current administration, various power-related corruption suspicion cases have been investigated, or people related to the regime's key figures have been dying one after another?" He added, "In November 2019, a witness in the investigation of the Cho Kuk family fund was found dead, and in December, a former prosecutor from the Blue House Civil Affairs Office under investigation for the Ulsan mayoral election manipulation case died. In June 2020, the head of a comfort women victims' shelter under investigation for accounting fraud in the Justice Foundation related to Rep. Yoon Mi-hyang died, and now, it is Lee's closest aide."

Regarding the late Mayor Park's case, Kim raised suspicions of external pressure, saying, "It cannot be shaken off the suspicion that this case was also forced into 'silence by death' by forces fearing the moral fatal blow the Moon Jae-in administration would suffer the moment the truth is revealed," and "This part of the investigation is being covered up and neglected under a veil."

He said, "A special investigation team should be immediately formed under the command of Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol," and "The investigation of a ruling party leader and a leading presidential candidate should not be entrusted to the chief prosecutor belonging to Minister Chu's team, who calls ruling party lawmakers 'comrades.'"

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