Kim Woong: "Lee Jae-myung More Suspicious Than Kim Nam-guk... Mysterious Opposition to Ethics Committee Filing"

Posting on SNS Criticizing Representative Lee Jae-myung

Kim Woong, a member of the People Power Party, pointed out the "mysterious situation" while referring to reports that Lee Jae-myung, the leader of the Democratic Party, opposed the Ethics Committee filing against Kim Nam-guk, who left the Democratic Party amid suspicions of multi-billion won cryptocurrency transactions.

On the 16th, Kim said on his social media service (SNS), "Leader Lee immediately ordered an Ethics Committee investigation upon hearing about the cryptocurrency transactions in the standing committee. However, Kim Nam-guk nullified that order by leaving the party. It is clear that ordering an emergency Ethics Committee investigation on the 12th and then leaving the party on the morning of the 14th was a direct mockery of the leader's order."

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He expressed doubt, saying, "A normal party leader would not protect Kim Nam-guk, who mocked him and refused to submit documents with lies. Yet, Leader Lee opposed filing an Ethics Committee complaint against Kim Nam-guk." This was in response to media reports that Leader Lee opposed the Ethics Committee filing against Kim Nam-guk the previous day. The Democratic Party clarified after the article was published that "this is not true."

Kim Woong suggested two hypotheses if the article is true: "First, Leader Lee is a living Buddha (Saengbul) who shows great mercy even to Kim Nam-guk, who mocked him and disregarded the party. However, having listened to numerous recordings of Leader Lee, we know this hypothesis is out of the question. Second, Kim Nam-guk's behavior is either under Leader Lee's direct orders or tacit approval. If Kim Woong and Leader Lee are a 'cryptocurrency community,' it would be natural for Leader Lee to protect Kim Nam-guk."

Kim Woong had previously proposed the 'cryptocurrency community' hypothesis between Leader Lee and Kim Nam-guk via SNS. During the last presidential election, despite opposition from the game and metaverse advisory group within Lee Jae-myung’s campaign, the campaign pledged to legalize P2E (Play to Earn), leading to speculation that Kim Nam-guk represented the P2E industry.

He added, "There is indirect evidence supporting this. Democratic Party lawmaker Yang Yi-won defended Kim Nam-guk by saying, 'Is it necessary for progressives to always emphasize morality?' and Democratic Party lawmaker Park Sung-jun also defended him by saying, 'If we keep focusing on morality, we will always suffer.' All of them are well-known pro-Lee (Chinmyeong) faction lawmakers. Without Leader Lee’s tacit orders, such remarks would not have been made."

However, Park’s 'morality' remark was cited by Kim Woong on SNS based on media reports, and Park has since stated, "I never made such a 'morality' remark."

He then added, "So how can we prove the second hypothesis? We need to focus on Lee Jae-myung campaign’s P2E legalization pledge. By examining the background of that pledge and Kim Nam-guk’s transaction history before and after the pledge, we can get one step closer to uncovering the reality of the cryptocurrency community."

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