Choo Mi-ae Targets Again: "Yoon's Wife and Mother-in-law Suspicions... Can't Evade as Private Life Before Marriage"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Kwon Seoyoung] Former Minister of Justice Chu Mi-ae has once again demanded verification regarding allegations related to Yoon Seok-yeol, the presidential candidate of the People Power Party, his wife, and mother-in-law.

On the 12th, former Minister Chu posted on her Facebook titled "Are you all interested? Does that sound right?" She stated, "(The question in the title) is about whether it is true or false, but Yoon’s arrogant and insincere attitude toward reporters is evident," emphasizing that "lies must also be subject to verification in the public arena."

Former Minister Chu said, "Even if the allegations involving a presidential candidate are matters of the distant past, they must be verified. The public not only has the right but the duty to ask, and the candidate has the obligation to respond." She continued, "There have been continuous allegations that the mother-in-law and spouse, by associating with prosecutors and their sponsor businessmen, mobilized their networks and used 'backing' to cover up illegal and illicit acts and lawsuits they committed, amassing enormous wealth."

Former Minister Chu stressed that these allegations are "serious issues that cannot be avoided by claiming they are matters before marriage or private life." She also added, "If what was called 'family business' was illegal and took place around the time of marriage, it must be thoroughly questioned."

Additionally, former Minister Chu highlighted, "One of these is the 'Yangpyeong Gongheung District Apartment Development Case,' where even real estate development experts were astonished by the illegal preferential treatment revealed." She criticized, "It was revealed through the related case rulings that Yoon’s mother-in-law, even before marrying Yoon, violated the Farmland Act to purchase farmland, and that his wife directly participated in development by bringing in investors in May 2009 to purchase forest land. Yoon’s claim that his wife Kim Geon-hee was not involved in the Yangpyeong Gongheung District development has been proven false."

Former Minister Chu claimed, "Despite making hundreds of billions in profits through speculative real estate, they inflated the land prices of farmland and forest land to avoid paying development charges, and even submitted false land purchase prices including land not subject to development, using fraudulent methods." She added, "The county governor at the time, who turned a blind eye to the illegality, is said to be part of Yoon’s campaign." She questioned, "They talk about fairness, common sense, and the rule of law, but it seems like a camp coexisting with illegality, preferential treatment, and privilege. Could it be that if they gain power, they think of running the country like dividing spoils?"

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