Prosecutors Summon KT Affiliate CEO Over 'Ilgam Molaeju' Allegations

The prosecution investigating KT Group's 'suspicion of preferential treatment in subcontracting' is summoning and questioning the president of the facility management affiliate who was placing orders to subcontractors.

The prosecution has requested an arrest warrant for the fifth cousin of Justice Minister Cho Kuk, a key figure in the 'private equity fund suspicion,' and there are expectations that Professor Jung Kyung-shim, the minister's wife, will soon be summoned. The photo was taken on the 16th at the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office in Seocho-gu, Seoul. Photo by Kang Jin-hyung aymsdream@

According to the legal community on the 7th, the Fair Trade Investigation Division of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office (Chief Prosecutor Lee Jeong-seop) summoned Choi Nam-cheol, CEO of KT Estate, as a witness in the afternoon.

The prosecution is reportedly questioning CEO Choi about the specific circumstances under which the company placing orders for KT's facility management changed from KT Estate to KT Telecop after former CEO Koo Hyun-mo took office in 2020. They are also investigating whether officials from KT Group headquarters, KT Estate, and KT Telecop were involved in the appointment process of the CEO of the subcontractor KSmate to verify the facts. This is interpreted as an effort to lay the groundwork for an 'upper-level' investigation to determine whether this is a structural suspicion at the group level.

After former CEO Koo took office in 2020, KT Group changed the subcontracting company from the existing KT Estate to KT Telecop. KT Telecop, which became the ordering company, is suspected of concentrating the orders that were previously divided among four subcontractors?KDFS, KSmate, KFnS, and KSNC?into KDFS.

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