Police Secure Mobile Phone of Key Figure in Daejang-dong Scandal, Former Director Yoo Dong-gyu

'Key Figure in Daejang-dong' Yoo Dong-gyu [Image Source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Oh Ju-yeon] The police have secured the mobile phone of Yoo Dong-gyu, former Planning Director of Seongnam Urban Development Corporation, who is identified as a key figure in the preferential treatment allegations related to the Daejang-dong development project.

On the 8th, the dedicated investigation team of the Gyeonggi Southern Provincial Police Agency announced that after receiving a report on the suspicion of evidence destruction, including the concealment of Yoo's mobile phone on the 7th, they began an investigation and secured Yoo's mobile phone through CCTV footage analysis and other means.

The mobile phone secured by the police on that day was the device Yoo threw out the window during the prosecution's search of his residence on the 29th of last month.

At that time, Yoo explained in an interview with a media outlet after the search, stating that "I was just drunk and threw the phone, and it was not an attempt to destroy evidence."

The police stated, "We plan to actively cooperate with the prosecution regarding the investigation of the secured mobile phone."

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