Kim Woong: "The Corruption Investigation Office's Lies, Illegal Search and Seizure, a Conspiracy... Resign the Chief of the Corruption Investigation Office"

[Image source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Cheol-eung] Kim Woong, a member of the People Power Party, is strongly opposing the High-ranking Officials' Crime Investigation Agency (Gong-su-cheo)'s search and seizure, calling it "illegal" and a "frame-up drama."

On the 10th, Kim said to reporters, "The search and seizure of my house and car was carried out with maximum cooperation after the warrant was presented, and it was completed in about two hours," adding, "Since my mobile phone was seized, I was not fully aware of the situation, but after receiving urgent contact, I found out that the search and seizure of the National Assembly member's office was completely illegal, and this is practically a frame-up drama aimed at stealing materials."

He continued, "Without presenting a lawful search warrant at all, they lied that they had permission from me, Kim Woong, and started the search and seizure," and said, "They did not present the warrant, nor did they explain what the target was or what the criminal facts were, and they even began searching the PC of an aide, which was not subject to seizure, and went as far as just before extracting data."

He criticized, "Trying to take out materials by lying like that was a frame-up drama to fish out materials held by opposition politicians, wasn't it?"

Kim said, "I am just a witness," and added, "Entering the office of an opposition politician who is merely a witness and illegally lying to try to extract materials first is political manipulation itself," urging, "The head of Gong-su-cheo should take responsibility for this and resign immediately."

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.