Suspicion of 'Targeted Investigation on Lee Jae-myung'.. Kim Nam-guk Says "Yoon Seok-yeol and Han Dong-hoon Must Clearly Explain"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Koo Chae-eun] On the 8th, Kim Nam-guk, a member of the Democratic Party of Korea, said regarding the prosecution's report on the ‘Lee Jae-myung targeted investigation’ suspicion, “The former Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-youl, who was then the head of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office, and Han Dong-hoon, who was the 3rd Deputy Prosecutor, must clearly clarify why they conducted this targeted investigation.”

Kim, who is the chief of staff for Governor Lee's election campaign, stated in an interview with MBC Radio’s ‘Kim Jong-bae’s Focus’ on the same day, “Such an investigation is against a prominent politician and the matter is serious, so the investigation cannot be conducted recklessly.” Kim emphasized, “Looking at the investigation results, content, and methods, it was not an investigation based on Lee candidate’s charges, but rather an investigation aimed at destroying a person by first digging into the family and overturning past non-prosecution decisions to indict them.” He added, “It is necessary for candidate Yoon Seok-youl and Deputy Prosecutor Han Dong-hoon to explain the malicious intent behind this investigation.”

Earlier, KBS reported that in 2017, the Violent Crimes Division of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office pressured Mr. A, CEO of the small and medium-sized enterprise Komatrade, to testify about Governor Lee’s misconduct when he was the mayor of Seongnam City. Regarding this, Kim said, “Since the media report suggests that there was pressure to make a certain political figure say something, it does not seem that the investigation proceeded based on information obtained from gang-related cases or other investigations.”

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