Police Conduct Raids on Over 100 Locations Related to Kim Hye-kyung's Corporate Card Misuse Allegations

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[Asia Economy Reporter Gong Byung-sun] It has been confirmed that the police conducted raids on over 100 locations related to the use of the corporate card by Kim Hye-kyung, spouse of Lee Jae-myung, a member of the Democratic Party of Korea, in connection with the 'Gyeonggi Provincial Government Corporate Card Misuse Allegation.'

According to the police on the 3rd, the Anti-Corruption Economic Crime Investigation Unit of the Southern Gyeonggi Provincial Police Agency conducted raids on more than 100 locations related to Kim's corporate card misuse allegations over the course of a week starting late last month.

The majority of the raid targets were restaurants such as baeksuk specialty stores, Chinese restaurants, and sushi restaurants located in Seongnam and Suwon cities in Gyeonggi Province. The police reportedly secured corporate card usage records through the raids.

Earlier, in April, the police also conducted raids on the Gyeonggi Provincial Government office and the residence of Mr. Bae, a former level 5 special appointment official in the General Affairs Division of the Gyeonggi Provincial Government, who is a key figure in the allegations. Mr. Bae is currently under a travel ban.

The corporate card misuse allegations came to light during the process in which a former level 7 public official A, who worked as a secretary in the Provincial Government Secretariat, exposed Kim's 'gapjil protocol allegations.' Lee Jae-myung and Kim were reported to the police last December on charges including corporate card misuse, hiring of personal secretaries, and proxy prescription of pharmaceuticals.

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