Lee Jae-myung Responds to North Korea Remittance Allegation Summons: "I Will Go for Investigation Tomorrow"

Lee Jae-myung, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea. Photo by Kim Hyun-min kimhyun81@

Lee Jae-myung, the leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, stated that he would "confidently respond to the investigation" following the prosecution's summons regarding allegations of North Korea remittances involving Ssangbangwool Group.

Park Sung-joon, the Democratic Party spokesperson, conveyed Lee's position during a press conference held at the National Assembly that day.

Lee said, "The prosecution hopes to conduct the investigation next week, but I have no time due to party affairs," adding, "I will go for the investigation first thing tomorrow morning (the 24th)."

According to the legal community, the Criminal Division 6 of Suwon District Prosecutors' Office (Chief Prosecutor Kim Young-nam) recently notified Lee to appear for questioning on charges of third-party bribery. The prosecution upgraded Lee's status from a witness to a suspect and registered the case in connection with the North Korea remittance allegations the day before. The prosecution believes that Lee was involved in having Ssangbangwool cover the $3 million (approximately 4 billion KRW) cost demanded by North Korea for his planned visit to North Korea during his tenure as governor of Gyeonggi Province.

With this, Lee will appear for prosecution questioning for the fifth time since last year's presidential election. Previously, he appeared once regarding the Seongnam FC sponsorship allegations, twice for the Daejang-dong development project preferential treatment allegations, and once more for the Seongnam Baekhyeon-dong development preferential treatment allegations.

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