'Seongsangnap Suspicion' Businessman Side "Lee Jun-seok to be Accused of False Accusation"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Song Seung-yoon] The businessman suspected of providing sexual bribery to Lee Jun-seok, the leader of the People Power Party, has announced plans to file a false accusation charge against him.

Kang Shin-up, the legal representative of Kim Sung-jin, CEO of iKist (currently detained), stated before a meeting and investigation on the 28th, "Next week, we will file a false accusation charge against Lee at the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency." Kang said, "This is a false accusation charge in response to Lee suing lawyer Kang Yong-seok and former MBC reporter Kim Se-ui for defamation," and added, "Since they were sued for claiming that Lee received sexual bribery when he did not, it constitutes false accusation."

Lawyer Kang Yong-seok and former reporter Kim initially raised suspicions last December on the YouTube channel 'Garo Sero Research Institute' that Lee received sexual bribery and holiday gifts from CEO Kim Sung-jin in 2013. Lee immediately denied these claims and filed a police complaint against them for defamation under the Information and Communications Network Act.

After the police’s third witness investigation, Kang met with reporters in front of Seoul Detention Center and said, "During today's investigation, CEO Kim provided detailed statements about the circumstances, context, and the hostesses involved in the second sexual bribery to Lee on August 15, 2013."

Kang added that Kim testified about sending hostesses to Lee, who had been drinking at a room salon in Daejeon and then moved to a hotel. He also mentioned that Kim said he recommended and shared medication effective for enhancing sexual function with Lee during the drinking session. Kang noted, "There is a message between employee Jang Mo and CEO Kim asking, 'Did you bring the medicine?'"

According to the testimony, before moving to the room salon, Kim picked up Lee at Daejeon Station, received the so-called 'Park Geun-hye watch' from Lee at a restaurant in Okcheon, and later moved to Kim’s residence to drink together. Kang also relayed Kim’s statement that Lee mentioned former National Assembly member Kim Sang-min and Ryu Jae-wook, CEO of Nemo Partners, saying he could bring former President Park to iKist through them.

CEO Kim is suspected of providing sexual bribery to Lee. He is currently detained at Seoul Detention Center on separate charges. In his first police interview last month, Kim testified that he entertained Lee about 20 times until 2016, including two instances of sexual bribery in 2013.

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