Lee Jae-myung: "Kim Man-bae, who called me a 'Communist-like XX,' is funding the presidential election?"

"Did They Really Provide the Presidential Campaign Funds to Lee Jae-myung, Who Seemed Like an Enemy?"
Directly Posting on Facebook to Refute

[Asia Economy Reporter Oh Ju-yeon] On the 23rd, Lee Jae-myung, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, refuted allegations related to his presidential campaign funds investigation involving Kim Yong, deputy director of the Democratic Research Institute, saying, "By April 2021, the (Daejang-dong) project was already completely finished, so would they really have given presidential campaign funds to Lee Jae-myung, whom they must have considered an enemy?"

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On the same day, Lee posted on Facebook an article titled 'Presidential Campaign Funds Truth Game 3,' making these remarks.

Lee said, "(Kim Man-bae, the major shareholder of Hwacheon Daeyu) insulted me as 'a zero-like XX, 00 bastard, a communist-like XX,'" adding, "How much must they have hated me, Lee Jae-myung, who took away 440 billion won by claiming to develop public projects from development profits they had all taken, and took an additional 110 billion won during the project?"

At a special press conference held on the 21st in the party leader's meeting room at the National Assembly, Lee also stated, "Despite all kinds of obstacles, more than two-thirds of the land development profits, over 550 billion won, which the private sector tried to monopolize, were publicly recovered. In particular, in addition to the pre-determined profit of 440 billion won (for the creation of parks in the original town area and apartment sites), when an additional 110 billion won was recovered during the project as a condition for permits, the Hwacheon Daeyu group insulted me as a 'communist-like XX.' Why would such people give money to someone they resented after the project was already finished?"

He also questioned, "There are recordings of Yoon Dong-gyu and Nam Wook saying, 'If Lee Jae-myung finds out about our deal, he'll fire us.' Would such people have given me campaign funds?"

He emphasized, "I repeat, I, Lee Jae-myung, did not take a single won of private gain."

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