Kim Ki-hyun: "Lee must take political and moral responsibility for the death of the whistleblower in the 'lawyer fee payment suspicion'"

"Democratic Party, Thought to Have No Sense of Shame"

On the 12th, at the Supreme Prosecutors' Office in Seocho-gu, Seoul, Kim Gi-hyeon, floor leader of the People Power Party, and other lawmakers visited to protest, shouting slogans urging an investigation related to the discovery of Mr. Lee, who first reported the 'allegation of attorney fee payment on behalf' of Lee Jae-myung, the Democratic Party's presidential candidate, found dead. Photo by the National Assembly Press Photographers Group

[Asia Economy Reporter Hyunju Lee] Kim Ki-hyun, the floor leader of the People Power Party, demanded the resignation of Lee Jae-myung, the presidential candidate of the Democratic Party of Korea, saying "Candidate Lee must take political and moral responsibility" in relation to the discovery of Mr. Lee, who first reported the 'allegation of attorney fee payment on behalf' of Lee Jae-myung, found dead.

On the 13th, appearing on YTN Radio, Kim criticized the Democratic Party for "using the death for political strife," and responded, "I think they are shameless. They try to shift the blame without having a humble and apologetic heart." He explained, "If you listen to the bereaved family's words, they say that the Democratic Party and Candidate Lee's side kept pressuring them," adding, "They were pressured by power."

Regarding his protest visit to the Supreme Prosecutors' Office the day before, he criticized, "Regarding the Daejang-dong corruption case, the prosecution is conducting a cover-up investigation to hide the main culprit," and said, "When investigating a gang, you should catch the boss, not the lieutenant." He also added that Jeong Jin-sang, deputy chief of the Democratic Party's election campaign secretariat, who is mentioned as a close aide of Candidate Lee, should be summoned for investigation.

On MBC Radio, which he appeared on consecutively, Kim said, "According to the media reports, the recorded file is not manipulated but is the actual recording," and criticized, "It is exactly as it was spoken, and there is no evidence that the recording was manipulated. I don't know what they say was manipulated, but when this Daejang-dong real estate development corruption allegation arose, Candidate Lee absurdly lied that the real estate development corruption was the People Power Party's corruption."

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