Noh Moo-hyun Foundation: "Lee In-gyu, Secondary Harm to Political Prosecutor's Bereaved Family"

Refutation of Lee In-gyu's Memoir Claims Including 'Nondureong Clock'
"Political Prosecutor Bearing Great Responsibility for Former President Roh's Death"

The Roh Moo-hyun Foundation criticized on the 17th the publication of a memoir by Lee In-gyu, former head of the Central Investigation Department of the Supreme Prosecutors' Office and the person responsible for the investigation of the late former President Roh Moo-hyun, calling it "secondary harm by a political prosecutor toward the deceased and the bereaved family."

In a statement released that day, the foundation said, "The political prosecutor most responsible for the death of former President Roh has adapted the prosecutorial investigation, which was a product of political manipulation and was not even completed, into a book, which is an act of secondary harm intended to disgrace the deceased and the bereaved family again."

The foundation strongly condemned the book, saying, "The contents of the book are unilateral claims, not established facts," and added, "Publishing confidential investigation details as if they were verified facts at the time of the statute of limitations expiration is an act that disregards even the minimum human decency." It further demanded, "We urge former prosecutor Lee In-gyu, the perpetrator of political investigation, to immediately stop this secondary harm operation."

Bongha Village, Gimhae, Gyeongnam, President Roh Moo-hyun's Tomb.

It is known that Lee is including in the memoir, scheduled to be published on the 20th, claims that all bribery allegations against former President Roh are true. It states that during Roh's tenure, Mrs. Kwon Yang-sook received a watch worth about 2 billion won from the late Chairman Park Yeon-cha, which could be considered a bribe to former President Roh. The memoir also claims that former President Moon Jae-in's inadequate legal defense failed to prevent former President Roh's death.

In response, the foundation rebutted, "Chairman Park gave the watch as a sixtieth birthday gift to a relative, who then delivered it to Mrs. Kwon after former President Roh's retirement," adding, "Former President Roh only became aware of the watch during the prosecution investigation and disposed of it."

Regarding Lee's claim that Mrs. Kwon conspired with former President Roh to receive $1.4 million from Chairman Park under the pretext of housing funds for their son, Roh Gun-ho, the foundation denied it, stating, "This is not true." The foundation explained, "Mrs. Kwon asked former Secretary Jeong Sang-moon for help to resolve the financial difficulties of their children living away from home, and Secretary Jeong borrowed $1 million from Chairman Park. Former President Roh was unaware of this."

On the allegation that former Secretary Jeong's embezzlement of special activity funds was a crime committed in collusion with former President Roh, the foundation stated, "Former President Roh was completely unaware during his tenure and had no involvement whatsoever."

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