'Lee Jae-myung's Closest Aide' Jeong Jin-sang Appears Confidentially Before Prosecution... Questioned on Bribery Charges and More

Jeong Jin-sang, the Political Coordination Office Chief of the Democratic Party's Representative Office, who is accused of accepting bribes from the Daejang-dong group, appeared privately before the prosecution on the 15th.
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[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Hyung-min] Jeong Jin-sang, the chief political coordinator of the party leader's office and a 'closest aide' to Lee Jae-myung, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, was summoned to the prosecution on the morning of the 15th as a suspect and is being investigated.

The Anti-Corruption Investigation Division 1 of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office (Chief Prosecutor Eom Hee-jun) summoned Jeong this morning to question him on charges of bribery and other allegations.

Jeong appeared at the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office building lobby in Seocho-gu, Seoul, avoiding the waiting press. It is reported that he requested a non-public summons from the prosecution in advance.

Jeong is accused of receiving a total of 140 million KRW in bribes under various pretexts from Yoo Dong-gyu, former head of planning at Seongnam Urban Development Corporation, and others known as the 'Daejang-dong group' while working as Seongnam City policy secretary and Gyeonggi Province policy director from 2013 to 2020.

He is also charged with promising to share 24.5% (after-tax 42.8 billion KRW) of common stock with Kim Man-bae as a bribe for providing preferential treatment in the Daejang-dong project (bribery after improper conduct), and with leaking confidential internal documents to private contractors in the Wirye New Town development project, resulting in huge profits (violation of the Anti-Corruption Act).

He is also accused of instructing former head Yoo to throw his mobile phone out the window to destroy evidence when the prosecution's search and seizure was imminent on September 29 last year (obstruction of justice by evidence destruction).

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