Police Conclude Informant in 'Lee Jae-myung Lawyer Fee Payment Suspicion' Case Was a Soldier Who Died

A motel in Yangcheon-gu, Seoul, where Mr. Lee Mo, the head of a civic group who first reported the 'allegation of attorney fee payment on behalf' of Lee Jae-myung, the Democratic Party presidential candidate, was found dead last month on the 11th. [Image source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Seongpil Cho] On the 6th, it was reported that the police concluded the death of Mr. Lee, who first reported the recording related to Lee Jae-myung, the Democratic Party presidential candidate's 'allegation of lawyer fee payment by proxy,' as 'presumed natural death.'

According to the police, the National Forensic Service (NFS) recently issued a final autopsy opinion estimating the cause of Mr. Lee's death as aortic dissection and rupture due to heart disease. This is the same content as the first verbal opinion announced last month, and no criminal suspicion was found. Accordingly, the police plan to close the case as is. It is also known that forensic analysis of Mr. Lee's mobile phone will not be conducted.

Mr. Lee was found dead at around 8:40 p.m. on the 11th of last month at a motel in Yangcheon-gu, Seoul. Mr. Lee was the person who first provided the recording to a civic group, claiming that the lawyer who handled Lee Jae-myung's Public Official Election Act violation case in 2018 received 300 million won in cash and 2 billion won worth of stocks as legal fees. The Awake Citizens Solidarity Party filed a complaint with the prosecution against candidate Lee and others for false statement offenses under the Public Official Election Act based on this recording. The case is currently under investigation by the Suwon District Prosecutors' Office.

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