Yang Bu-nam 'Investigation Cover-up Request Suspicion' Case Involving Office Manager Arrested Report

Kim Mo, the office manager who connected the request to Yang Bu-nam, chairman of the Democratic Party's Legal Committee, who is suspected of receiving a large fee in exchange for covering up an investigation, is at a crossroads regarding detention.

Yang Bu-nam, Chairman of the Legal Committee of the Democratic Party of Korea.

According to the legal community on the 5th, Lee Min-su, the chief judge in charge of warrants at the Seoul Central District Court, held a detention hearing (warrant substantive examination) for Kim, who is suspected of violating the Attorney-at-Law Act, on the morning of the same day.

Chairman Yang is suspected of receiving a large sum in November 2020, shortly after retiring from the prosecution, in exchange for covering up an investigation into the opening of gambling spaces for the operators of an online gambling site in Daegu.

The police are investigating not only Chairman Yang but also lawyer A and lawyer A's office manager Kim. The police believe that lawyer A initially took on the case and that Chairman Yang was connected through them.

Earlier, on May 30, the police applied for arrest warrants for Chairman Yang and Kim, but the prosecution rejected them. After supplementary investigations, the police reapplied for Kim's arrest warrant on the 26th of last month, which the prosecution accepted and filed on the 30th of last month.

Kim's detention decision is expected to be made as early as this afternoon.

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