Opposition Party Releases Kim Man-bae Phone Call Transcript... "If the Warrant Comes, Yoon Will Die"

"Yoon Is Truly the 'Daejangdong Kim Man-bae's Black Knight'"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jun-yi] The Democratic Party of Korea claimed that Yoon Seok-yeol, the presidential candidate of the People Power Party, said to Kim Man-bae, the major shareholder of Hwacheon Daeyu during his time as a prosecutor, "I know our Manager Kim well, so make sure nothing dangerous happens."

Woo Sang-ho, the head of the Democratic Party's general election campaign headquarters, held a press conference at the central party office in Yeouido on the morning of the 20th, stating that he received a tip and disclosed a recorded phone conversation between Kim and accountant Jeong Young-hak containing such content.

According to the recording, Kim told accountant Jeong, "If a warrant comes for Yoon Seok-yeol, Yoon Seok-yeol is dead," to which Jeong replied, "Yes, he is. He originally has many crimes. Yoon Seok-yeol does."

Kim then said, "He is a very good person. He told me firmly, 'I know our Manager Kim well, so make sure nothing dangerous happens.'"

Regarding this, Head Woo stated, "The phrase 'If a warrant comes, Yoon Seok-yeol is dead' seems to imply that Yoon (the candidate) helped Kim Man-bae in a way that would not be exposed," and emphasized, "What I disclosed today confirms once again that the candidate and Kim Man-bae have a deep relationship and that Yoon's fatal weakness has been exposed to Kim Man-bae."

He also presented evidence that there is no connection between Lee Jae-myung, the Democratic Party's presidential candidate, and Kim. According to the recording, Kim said to Jeong, "Ask around, to people," and "Did you give money to Lee Jae-myung? Or did I give money to Yoo Dong-gyu?"

Regarding this, Head Woo interpreted, "It clearly shows that Candidate Lee did not gain any benefits from the Daejang-dong project."

He added, "Yoon and People Power Party figures have continuously spread false information that 'that person' in Daejang-dong is Candidate Lee, slandering him," and stated, "They must apologize to Candidate Lee."

He further said, "Yoon is nothing but the 'black knight' who backed the Daejang-dong corruption involving Kim Man-bae," and "Yoon must truthfully confess in detail what the 'dangerous matters' he knows about Kim Man-bae are, and what 'crimes' Kim refers to."

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