"Why Did He Meet an Unknown Person 8 Times?"... Kim Jin-tae Questions the 'Close Relationship Between Park Cheol-min and Lee Jun-seok'

Lee Jun-seok, "I don't know Park Cheol-min... The intelligence report content is not true"

Jin-tae Kim, Chairman of the People Power Party's 'Lee Jae-myung Corruption National Verification Special Committee' [Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter La Young-cheol] Kim Jin-tae, Chairman of the People Power Party's Special Committee for Verifying Lee Jae-myung's Corruption (Chairman of the Chuncheon Gap Party Committee), revealed circumstances showing a close relationship between Park Cheol-min, a former member of the violent organization 'Seongnam International Mafia Group,' and Lee Jun-seok, former CEO of Komatrade and an organizational executive during Lee Jae-myung's tenure as mayor of Seongnam.

On the 12th, Chairman Kim posted on his SNS, "Regarding the suspicion of Lee Jae-myung's ties with organized crime, it has been revealed that Komatrade's Lee Jun-seok's lawyer met with gangster Park Cheol-min eight times."

He continued, "Lee Jun-seok had previously claimed he did not know Park Cheol-min," and expressed strong curiosity, asking, "Why did Lee Jun-seok's lawyer meet with someone he supposedly did not know eight times?"

Chairman Kim also raised further questions, stating, "Lee Jun-seok attended the wedding of someone he claimed not to know, was active in the International Mafia Group with someone he did not know, and his lawyer met with this unknown person eight times."

He warned, "The detailed circumstances will only be revealed through investigation, but it is problematic to already portray Lee Jun-seok as a righteous person or as a 'second Go Young-tae'."

This is interpreted as a critique of the ruling party and supporters of candidate Lee Jae-myung who emphasize that former CEO Lee has no connection with Park Cheol-min and attempt to portray him as a second Go Young-tae.

Meanwhile, according to materials previously disclosed by Chairman Kim to the media, Lee Jun-seok's lawyer, Lee Mo, met with Park Cheol-min on September 23, September 28, October 5, October 7, October 8, October 13, October 14, and October 19, with meetings ranging from 20 minutes to 1 hour and 10 minutes.

Regarding this, Park claimed he discussed the 'exposure of Lee Jae-myung candidate's ties with organized crime' with the lawyer, while the lawyer claimed he acted as a communication channel for former CEO Lee.

On the previous day (the 11th), Chairman Kim held a press conference to disclose a police intelligence report related to the International Mafia Group, written in 2017.

The intelligence report reportedly detailed the circumstances of an incident in which members of the International Mafia Group assaulted Park and others with baseball bats.

Chairman Kim also revealed a photo of the guestbook showing that former CEO Lee attended Park's wedding.

However, former CEO Lee denies this, stating, "I never attended Park's wedding, and I did not write in the guestbook," and also claims, "The contents of the police intelligence report are not true."

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