Lee's 'Funds Transfer to North Korea' Case Transferred from Suwon District Prosecutors' Office to Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office

The Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office, which is investigating Lee Jae-myung, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, over the 'Baekhyun-dong Development Project Favoritism Allegation' case, has also received the 'North Korea Remittance Suspicion' case transferred from the Suwon District Prosecutors' Office.

Lee Jae-myung, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, who is on the 16th day of his hunger strike, is passing in front of Democratic Party lawmakers who are holding a support sit-in in the National Assembly hallway on the 15th. Photo by Hyunmin Kim kimhyun81@

According to the legal community on the 15th, the Anti-Corruption Investigation Division 1 (Chief Prosecutor Eom Hee-jun) of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office received the case involving Lee's alleged involvement in Ssangbangwool's remittance to North Korea from the Criminal Division 6 (Chief Prosecutor Kim Young-nam) of the Suwon District Prosecutors' Office the previous day and is reviewing the case records. This suspicion involves former Ssangbangwool Group Chairman Kim Seong-tae (55, indicted in custody) allegedly delivering a total of 8 million dollars to North Korea on behalf of Gyeonggi Province, including 5 million dollars for the North Korean smart farm construction support project and 3 million dollars for the Gyeonggi Governor's visit to North Korea, at the request of former Gyeonggi Peace Deputy Governor Lee Hwa-young (60, indicted in custody).

Lee, who was then the Governor of Gyeonggi Province, is accused of receiving a request from former Chairman Kim to assist with the North Korea project and causing Gyeonggi Province to pay the money owed to North Korea on his behalf (third-party bribery). On the 9th and 12th, the Suwon District Prosecutors' Office summoned Lee as a suspect to question whether he was involved in Ssangbangwool's remittance. The prosecution is expected to soon decide whether to request an arrest warrant for Lee by combining the investigations of the Baekhyun-dong development project favoritism allegation case and the North Korea remittance suspicion case, both of which have already been investigated.

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