Myeong Taegyun's Side Claims "Mrs. Kim Proposed 'Minister Position if Kim Sangmin Helps' to Kim Youngseon"

"Kim Young-sun Outraged by First Lady's Proposal,
Leading to Chilbulsa Meeting"

Nam Sang-kwon, the legal representative of political broker Myung Tae-gyun, claimed that ahead of last April's general election, First Lady Kim Geon-hee exerted influence to support the election of prosecutor Kim Sang-min.

First Lady Kim Keon-hee, spouse of President Yoon Suk-yeol

On the 20th, Nam said on MBC Radio's 'Kim Jong-bae's Focus' program, "Kim Geon-hee told former People Power Party lawmaker Kim Young-sun, 'Support prosecutor Kim Sang-min's election in Changwon Uichang District. After the election, I will give you a ministerial post or a position as a public enterprise president,'" adding, "I understand that the specific public enterprise was not identified."

Earlier, Newstapa reported that the prosecution had secured records showing that former lawmaker Kim and Kim Geon-hee exchanged calls or texts 11 times between February 18 and March 1 of last year. During this period, all four calls were made by Kim Geon-hee to the former lawmaker, and all seven texts were sent by the former lawmaker to Kim Geon-hee.

Nam said, "This is accurate, and I am well aware of the conversation content," adding, "Before boarding a flight from Gimhae Airport to Gimpo Airport, former lawmaker Kim spoke several times with Kim Geon-hee via Telegram calls regarding his candidacy in Gimhae. After arriving at Gimpo Airport, Kim Geon-hee called him on his mobile phone, not via Telegram." However, Nam added, "I did not listen to the calls myself; I heard this from Mr. Myung."

Regarding Kim Geon-hee's proposal and the former lawmaker's reaction at the time, Nam conveyed, "'How could Kim Geon-hee do this to me? I worked my hardest to support her in the last presidential election, yet she cuts me off, a five-term lawmaker, and on top of that, asks me to help her own child? Am I worthless?'" expressing his outrage.

Nam claimed that this incident became the trigger for the Chilbulsa meeting. Previously, Newstomato reported that on February 29 last year, at Chilbulsa Temple in Jirisan, reformist party lawmaker Lee Jun-seok and others met with former lawmaker Kim to discuss exposing Kim Geon-hee's interference in the general election nominations, based on the premise of proportional representation candidacy.

He said, "I shared this conversation content with those who participated in the Chilbulsa meeting," adding, "(This call) became the trigger for former lawmaker Kim's attempt to join the reformist party as the number one proportional representation candidate."

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