'Rhyme Lobby Allegation' Former Daegu High Prosecutor General Yoon Gap-geun Requests Bail

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[Asia Economy Reporter Yoo Byung-don] It has been confirmed that Yoon Gap-geun, former Daegu High Prosecutor General (currently Chairman of the People Power Party Chungbuk Provincial Party), who was indicted on charges of lobbying Woori Bank to resume sales of the 'Lime Asset Management Fund,' has filed a bail application with the court.

According to the Seoul Southern District Court on the 8th, former Prosecutor General Yoon filed a bail request with the Criminal Division 13 (Chief Judge Shin Hyuk-jae) the day before. Previously, after being detained by the prosecution, he requested a detention review from the court, but it was dismissed.

Former Prosecutor General Yoon was brought to trial on charges of receiving bribes worth approximately 220 million won along with a request from former Lime Vice President Lee Jong-pil and others to ask Woori Bank to resume sales of the Lime fund after Woori Bank suspended sales of Lime Asset Management's funds in 2019.

Kim Bong-hyun, former chairman of Star Mobility and a key figure in the Lime scandal, claimed in a letter from prison last year that "several hundred million won was paid to a prominent opposition politician who is a former prosecutor general and a lawyer regarding the Lime fund lobbying case, and lobbying was also conducted with the president and vice president of Woori Bank."

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