'Kim Gun-hee Account' Sparks Clash Between Yoon and Hong... "To Be Revealed This Week" VS "Must Be Key Evidence"

Yoon Seok-yeol (right), former Prosecutor General and presidential primary candidate of the People Power Party, and Representative Hong Joon-pyo are heading to their seats after taking a commemorative photo before the "1-on-1 Debate" held on the evening of the 15th at the MBC building in Sangam-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul. (Photo by Yonhap News)

[Asia Economy Reporter Geum Bo-ryeong] Yoon Seok-yeol, the presidential candidate from the People Power Party and former Prosecutor General, and Representative Hong Joon-pyo clashed over the disclosure of Yoon's wife Kim Geon-hee's securities account.

On the 18th, Yeomyeong, spokesperson for Hong's camp, stated in a press release, "The account that former Prosecutor General Yoon's side must disclose should be the key evidence that can clarify Kim's alleged involvement in stock manipulation," emphasizing, "That account must be the 'S Securities account' used for trading Deutsche Motors stocks managed by Lee Jeong-pil, a fugitive stock manipulator, and Kim and her mother-in-law Choi Eun-soon."

During the one-on-one debate held on the 15th, Representative Hong pointed out the allegations of stock manipulation involving Kim and Deutsche Motors, and former Prosecutor General Yoon promised to "disclose the account transaction details."

Hong's side is urging the disclosure of the account. On the same day, Yeomyeong appeared on TBS Radio's 'Kim Eo-jun's News Factory' and said, "First, Kim, the wife of former Prosecutor General Yoon, has maintained a special trading relationship for 10 years with Kwon, the CEO of Deutsche Motors, who is under suspicion of stock manipulation. Through Kwon's introduction, Lee Jeong-pil, a stock manipulation player, managed Kim's account. The amount involved is 1.8 billion won. Also, after purchasing about 800 million won worth of Deutsche Motors stocks, signs of stock manipulation were found over the following two years," adding, "I believe former Prosecutor General Yoon should disclose the securities account transaction details as he mentioned in the debate."

Former Prosecutor General Yoon's side plans to disclose the account within this week. Yoon Hee-seok, public relations special advisor for Yoon's campaign, who appeared on the same radio program, responded to the question "When will the securities account be disclosed?" by saying, "It is scheduled for this week," and countered, "There was even a statement urging disclosure, but if you just wait a little, I don't understand why there is such urgency."

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