Prosecutors: "No Truth to Lee Jae-myung Side's Counterproposal to Appear in First Week of January"

"Waiting for response between January 10 and 12"

Lee Jae-myung, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, speaking at the Gwangju Songjeong Daily Market on the afternoon of the 28th.

[Asia Economy Reporter Choi Seok-jin, legal affairs specialist] The prosecution has denied media reports claiming that Lee Jae-myung, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, who is coordinating his attendance schedule with the prosecution for the second week of January from the 10th to the 12th, proposed to appear between January 4th and 6th in the first week of January, stating that "this is clearly different from the facts."

On the 29th, Channel A reported, citing a senior Democratic Party official, that regarding the 'Seongnam FC sponsorship fund' allegations, Lee’s side notified the Suwon District Prosecutors' Office Seongnam Branch that he would appear a week earlier than the originally coordinated schedule with the prosecution, during the first week of January, and that the schedule was being adjusted.

Channel A also quoted a representative from Lee’s side saying, "Since he will appear anyway, there is no need to delay, and he intends to appear as soon as possible," and "After completing the schedule in Busan, Ulsan, and Gyeongnam next week, he plans to appear between January 4th and 6th."

Immediately after the report, the Seongnam Branch stated, "Due to many media inquiries regarding the report about the counterproposal for the prosecution appearance date in the Seongnam FC case, we would like to inform you that the claim that the prosecution received a counterproposal is clearly different from the facts."

The Seongnam Branch added, "Regarding Lee’s prosecution appearance schedule, on the 27th around 2 p.m., his lawyer contacted the prosecution and officially responded that appearing on the 28th, as requested by the prosecution, was difficult," and "The prosecution then proposed an appearance the following week, but the lawyer replied, 'As the party leader, all schedules including New Year events are fully booked, so appearing in the first week of January is absolutely impossible,' and added, 'He is available all five days in the second week of January.'

Furthermore, "Ultimately, the prosecution decided to postpone the appearance date by two weeks from the initially requested date and asked to be informed of available dates between January 10th and 12th. We are currently awaiting that response," the branch said.

Previously, the Seongnam Branch requested Lee to appear at the prosecution regarding the 'Seongnam FC sponsorship fund' allegations the day before, but Lee went down to Gwangju Metropolitan City to attend his schedule.

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