Lee Jun-seok: "Lee Jae-myung Paid 9 Times Each for Lunch and Dinner... Bunshinsul"

Allegations Regarding Business Expenses During Lee Seongnam Mayor's Term
Lee Jun-seok "Nine Payments with Corporate Card... 'Tax Thief'"

Lee Jun-seok, leader of the People Power Party, is appealing to citizens to support presidential candidate Yoon Seok-yeol on the afternoon of the 15th, the first day of official election campaigning for the 20th presidential election, in front of Gupo Market in Buk-gu, Busan.
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[Asia Economy Intern Reporter Kim Jeong-wan] Lee Jun-seok, leader of the People Power Party, criticized Lee Jae-myung, the Democratic Party presidential candidate, for allegations of inappropriate use of business promotion expenses, such as making nine corporate card payments a day during his time as mayor of Seongnam, calling it an "amazing act of self-multiplication."

On the 16th, Lee said in a post on his Facebook, "The fact that candidate Lee Jae-myung made lunch and dinner payments nine times a day while he was mayor of Seongnam is an amazing act of self-multiplication."

Photo by Lee Jun-seok, captured from Facebook

Earlier, the office of Park Soo-young, a member of the People Power Party, analyzed 2,321 business promotion expense records from Lee’s time as mayor of Seongnam and revealed abnormal accounting entries, including eating lunch up to nine times a day. There were 78 days with multiple records of lunch and dinner.

Park said, "The true face of candidate Lee, who claims to be an administrative expert, is revealed in the business promotion expense records," and added, "A thorough investigation is needed to determine whether there was any private misuse in the Seongnam mayor’s business promotion expenses."

In response, Lee Jun-seok targeted the candidate again during a campaign rally at Goejeong Intersection in Saha District, Busan, on the same morning. He mocked the allegations by saying, "There is a joke that one loses the presidential seat by being greedy for beef while losing sight of the bigger picture."

Lee pointed out, "How can someone make nine meals a day with a corporate card? Such people are called 'tax thieves.'"

He continued, "He calls himself a master of administration, but why does a tax thief like beef so much? Isn’t he a cattle thief?"

Regarding this, a Seongnam city official explained to a media outlet, "It seems that the business promotion expenses were organized based on the date the receipts and other supporting documents were processed in accounting, not the dates when the corporate cards were actually used."

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