'Search of Company for Meal Expense Payment'... Song Young-gil Says "Prosecutors Obstruct Even Sound Business Activities"

Former Democratic Party leader Song Young-gil criticized the prosecution's raid on a businessman who paid for meals on behalf of Song's election campaign, which is under investigation for the 'cash envelope distribution' allegations at the Democratic Party convention, saying, "Are they trying to disrupt the business activities of a sound company as well?"

On the 18th, Song posted on his social media (SNS), "How long does the prosecution intend to harass the people around me?"

Former Democratic Party leader Song Young-gil, who is under suspicion of money envelope allegations related to the party convention, is making a statement after leaving the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office in Seocho-gu, Seoul, on the 7th without being questioned. Photo by Kang Jin-hyung aymsdream@

He said, "It seems they have conducted more than 70 raids just to implicate Song Young-gil. Since there has been no progress in the investigation related to the cash envelopes, only the innocent people around me are being harassed," adding, "It looks like the prosecution's goal is to completely destroy Song Young-gil's social relationships."

Song said, "The people around me are precious individuals who voluntarily supported Song Young-gil's politics without expecting anything in return. What do they hope to gain by raiding sound businesspeople for absurd reasons and searching their homes and offices?" He questioned, "Are they trying to disrupt the business activities of sound companies as well?"

He claimed that the prosecution, unable to find evidence related to the cash envelope case, is trying to link unrelated cases. Song said, "After more than 120 days of investigation, what conclusion has the prosecution reached? Have they properly identified any relationship or evidence between the cash envelopes and Song Young-gil?" He added, "If there is no evidence, the case should be closed, but it seems they are desperate to create unrelated cases upon unrelated cases."

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.