Yang Bu-nam: "I will take the lead in defending against the prosecution's attempts to shake the Democratic Party"

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Yoon Jamin] Yang Bunam, Chairman of the Democratic Party's Legal Committee, stated that he will take the lead in protecting the party, calling the prosecution's search and seizure of the Democratic Party headquarters an "excessive investigation" and "political oppression."

On the 20th, Chairman Yang released a statement saying, "First, there is no connection whatsoever between Kim Yong's criminal charges and the Democratic Party headquarters," and explained, "Kim did not bring any items there, and there is no relation at all."

He continued, "Second, since a search and seizure is a forced investigation, it should be limited to the minimum necessary," adding, "Even if there were a connection, there are ways to voluntarily submit items through communication, so conducting a search and seizure goes against the principle of prohibiting excessive investigation and is inappropriate according to the party's position."

Furthermore, he said, "Kim Yong was appointed as Vice Director of the Democratic Research Institute on the 11th, and he stayed at the Democratic Party headquarters for less than three hours in total, so there is absolutely no connection between Vice Director Kim Yong and the Democratic Party headquarters," and asserted, "According to the prosecution's own description, obtaining a nighttime search warrant to search a small office is a clear violation of the principle of prohibiting excessive investigation. The prosecution itself, by obtaining a nighttime search warrant, is merely staging a political show to create an unreasonable confrontation."

He also claimed, "As Representative Lee Jae-myung said, a witness who did not exist during the year-long investigation suddenly appeared to testify about Vice Director Kim Yong's bribery, and this witness, a key suspect in the Daejang-dong case, is now being released by the prosecution. This situation reminds me of the false testimony manipulations during former Prime Minister Han Myeong-sook's case and the Lime investigation."

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