Lee Jae-myung "Daejang-dong Investigation? Prosecutors, What Have You Been Doing for So Long... Yoon's Savings Bank Corruption Must Be Quickly Specially Investigated"

"Unconditional Rapid Special Investigation" Repeatedly Emphasized

Lee: "Unverified Prosecutor-Leaked Information Circulates Like a Witch Hunt"
"Instead of That, Yoon Seok-yeol Candidate Should Be Investigated for Why He Ignored Busan Savings Bank Corruption"

[Asia Economy Reporters Oh Ju-yeon and Jeon Jin-young] Lee Jae-myung, the Democratic Party of Korea's presidential candidate, commented on the prosecution's interim investigation results regarding the Daejang-dong scandal on the 22nd, stating, "'Gossip articles about candidate Lee Jae-myung' have circulated widely, spreading unverified prosecution-sourced information like a witch hunt." He added, "It would be best to promptly conduct a special investigation without conditions on where the development profits from Daejang-dong were improperly used, from beginning to end."

Lee Jae-myung, the Democratic Party presidential candidate, attended the 6th anniversary memorial service held at the late President Kim Young-sam's gravesite in the National Seoul National Cemetery in Dongjak-gu, Seoul, on the 22nd, and delivered a memorial speech. Photo by the National Assembly Press Photographers Group

On the same day, Lee met with reporters at the party headquarters in Yeouido and said, "I also saw the interim investigation results. I am very curious about what they have been doing during such a long period." He criticized, "Instead of that, they should have investigated why candidate Yoon Seok-yeol overlooked the initial savings bank corruption. If the loan corruption had been strictly punished then, lobbying for private development to block public development and collusion with the political circles would have fundamentally disappeared."

Lee continued, "Not only that, but there are suspicions that the Hwacheon Daeyu-related parties bought candidate Yoon's father's house, which might also be related to overlooking loan corruption," and pointed out, "The reality of the 5 billion club has been revealed, but there has been no progress reported in that investigation." He further emphasized, "Anti-corruption investigations should focus on where the funds flowed," and criticized, "The investigation on this part is also hard to accept." Moreover, he said, "Members of the People Power Party, including National Assembly members and city councilors, used their power to block public development, which is a breach of trust," and questioned, "Why is this not being investigated?"

Lee stressed, "From the initial case of overlooking the savings bank loan corruption, which was the starting point of Hwacheon Daeyu, to where the development profits have been improperly used up to now, it would be best to promptly conduct a special investigation without conditions."

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