Police Likely to Send Lee Jun-seok for False Accusation Charges... Lee Says "I Will Reveal the Truth in Court"

Decision Not to Prosecute on Charges of Obstruction of Evidence
Lee Jun-seok "Confident Prosecutors Will Not Decide to Indict"

Former People Power Party leader Lee Jun-seok is attending the hearing for the injunction to suspend the effectiveness of the People Power Party's party rules at the Seoul Southern District Court in Yangcheon-gu, Seoul, on the 28th. Photo by National Assembly Press Photographers Group

[Asia Economy Reporters Hyunju Lee and Gyumin Oh] The police are reportedly planning to send former People Power Party leader Lee Jun-seok to prosecution on charges of false accusation after he sued the Garosero Research Institute for allegedly making false claims about sexual bribery. This decision by the police essentially means they have determined that there was sexual bribery involving Lee. Lee has completely denied the allegations as soon as the related articles were published.

According to the police on the 13th, the Anti-Corruption and Public Crime Investigation Unit of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency concluded to send Lee to prosecution on charges of false accusation. Last December, when Garosero Research Institute revealed that Lee had received sexual bribery from Kim Sung-jin, CEO of iKist in 2013, Lee sued Garosero’s CEO Kim Se-ui and lawyer Kang Yong-seok for defamation under the Information and Communications Network Act (defamation by false facts). In response, Kim’s legal representative, lawyer Kang Shin-up, filed a complaint against Lee in August, accusing him of false accusation, stating that Lee sued Garosero despite having received sexual bribery.

However, the police are reportedly planning not to prosecute on charges of instructing evidence destruction, which involved ordering Kim Cheol-geun, then chief of staff to the party leader, to destroy evidence of sexual bribery.

Lee immediately posted on his Facebook, saying, "There was nothing you should have doubted," and added, "The charge of accepting bribes was dismissed because the testimonies of the witnesses were deemed unreliable. The charge of instructing evidence destruction was also not recognized."

He continued, "The fact that I did not even instruct evidence destruction means I had nothing to hide or conceal," and pointed out, "However, regarding the charge of accepting bribes, the testimonies of the witnesses deemed unreliable were treated as credible in relation to the false accusation charge." He also stated, "I firmly deny all allegations related to the events of 2013, but I do not possess any materials related to this. For that reason, this case was sent to prosecution solely based on third-party testimonies."

He said, "I am confident that the prosecution will not indict based on the police’s hasty conclusion, and even if indicted, I will thoroughly reveal the truth in court."

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