Kim Jae-won Defends Kim Gun-hee Again: "Busy with Business, Not Hiding Secretly"

"Deutsche Motors Not Related to Stock Manipulation by Mr. Kim... Career Forgery Claims Also Untrue"

Kim Jae-won, Supreme Council Member of the People Power Party. [Image source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Hyun-joo] Kim Jae-won, Supreme Council Member of the People Power Party, explained the reason why Kim Geon-hee, wife of presidential candidate Yoon Seok-yeol, has not appeared, saying she is "busy with business" and "will appear once she engages in regular election campaigning."

On the evening of the 24th, Kim appeared on KBS Radio's 'Joo Jin-woo Live' and responded to former Blue House Senior Secretary for Political Affairs Kang Ki-jung's remark that "she seems to be hiding completely and not showing up" with this explanation.

When the host pointed out, "It is said that she has not come to the office for a long time. It seems she has quit her business," Kim replied, "She will (be active) soon. Right now, it is not a situation where she can conduct regular election campaigning. The election campaign committee has not even been formed yet," repeatedly defending Kim.

Kim Jae-won believed that the allegations involving Kim would not become a major issue. Regarding the suspicion of Kim's involvement in the Deutsche Motors stock manipulation case, he said, "We confirmed all the details of the case with the lawyer handling the case and the person who worked on it in the campaign, and it turned out to be a simple case that could not possibly be related to stock manipulation or anything like that," adding, "It seems like they are trying to implicate Kim, but it is a case unrelated to her."

On the controversy over academic fraud, he emphasized, "There are claims that she falsified her career, but where is the decision made just by looking at the career written on the resume? Don’t people attach all the supporting documents? There are supporting documents, and if something was abbreviated or omitted in the resume, I don’t understand why that is being talked about so much. It is completely different from the facts."

Kim had also defended Kim Geon-hee earlier on the 16th when he appeared on CBS Radio's 'Hanpanseungbu.' He said, "Not only candidate Yoon but also Kim and her mother-in-law are being investigated with an attitude as if they are going to be falsely accused of all sorts of crimes," and predicted, "Although it is a bit delayed, she will be active at an appropriate time."

Kim also added, "I heard that Yoon’s wife is a businesswoman and is very sociable in society."

Meanwhile, the People Power Party is scheduled to hold a Supreme Council meeting on the morning of the 25th to approve the appointment plan for the head-level positions of the election campaign headquarters.

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