Police Decide Not to Prosecute Kim Eui-gyeom, Who Claimed "Yoon-Kim Man-bae Friendship"

[Asia Economy Reporter Yoo Byung-don] The police have decided not to prosecute Kim Eui-gyeom, a member of the Democratic Party of Korea, who was accused of claiming a friendship between President Yoon Seok-yeol and Kim Man-bae, the major shareholder of Hwacheon Daeyu, the developer of Daejang-dong.

On the 30th, the Cyber Crime Investigation Unit of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency announced that it made a non-prosecution decision last week regarding Assemblyman Kim, who was accused of violating the Public Official Election Act and defamation under the Information and Communications Network Act.

Assemblyman Kim is accused of falsely claiming on his Facebook around October last year, when the Daejang-dong controversy arose, that President Yoon and Mr. Kim were "like brothers."

He is also accused of claiming in a radio interview that President Yoon's father received intermediate and final payments after transferring the registration of a house in Yeonhui-dong, Seoul, in April 2019, due to the confirmation hearing for the Prosecutor General appointment.

In response, the Yoon Seok-yeol campaign filed a complaint against Assemblyman Kim at the Seocho Police Station in Seoul on October 4 last year, and the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency's Cyber Investigation Unit took over the case and conducted an investigation.

At the time, Assemblyman Kim stated, "Regarding the second claim, I have already publicly apologized to Candidate Yoon for causing confusion due to a factual error," but added, "However, I have no intention of backing down even an inch on the first claim."

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