Democratic Party: "Seizure of Seongnam FC, Is It an Attempt to Embarrass Lee Jae-myung?"

[Asia Economy Reporter Oh Ju-yeon] The Democratic Party of Korea criticized the police's search and seizure of Seongnam City Hall on the 2nd regarding the 'Seongnam FC sponsorship fund suspicion,' asking, "Is this an attempt to disgrace Lee Jae-myung, the standing adviser?"

Ko Yong-jin, the senior spokesperson for the Democratic Party, said in a written briefing that "the 'Seongnam FC third-party bribery suspicion' case was a typical slander case initiated by a political accusation from the Bareunmirae Party," adding, "The police conducted intensive investigations including multiple summons and data examinations over several years regarding Seongnam City, but no connections were found, leading to a decision of non-prosecution."

He continued, "As far as I know, Seongnam City has cooperated with the investigation by providing related materials to the investigative agencies. Nevertheless, under the prosecution's instruction for supplementary investigation, the police conducted a large-scale publicity campaign in the media today and carried out a search and seizure of Seongnam City, etc. It is regrettable that after concluding there was no problem and deciding on non-prosecution, they are now staging a belated search and seizure show. Is this an attempt to disgrace Lee Jae-myung?" he raised his voice.

Senior spokesperson Ko questioned, "If not, is this the signal flare to judicial murder of Lee Jae-myung, which had only been rumored?" He emphasized, "While we cannot overlook attempts to disgrace, if this is an attempt to open the curtain on a prosecution republic through judicial murder, the Democratic Party of Korea will never tolerate it."

He added, "The behavior of the Gyeonggi Southern Provincial Police Agency is also serious. The Gyeonggi Southern Provincial Police Agency previously conducted a search and seizure regarding 'corporate card misuse suspicion' related to Kim Hye-kyung, the spouse of standing adviser Lee Jae-myung," and said, "The public must keep in mind that they will never tolerate political interference by investigative agencies."

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