Attorney Nam-wook Nam, who is considered one of the key figures in the suspicion of preferential treatment for the Daejang-dong development project, said, “As far as I know, Gyeonggi Governor Lee Jae-myung has nothing to do with the identity of ‘He’ in the transcript of accountant Jeong Young-hak.
On the 18th, JTBC’s ‘Newsroom’ published an interview conducted by lawyer Nam while he was returning home from the United States. According to the broadcast, he brought up the story of ‘he’ and the governor before even the reporter who accompanied him asked him.
To the reporter’s question, ‘Do you not know Governor Lee Jae-myung at all?’, lawyer Nam said, “I don’t know at all.” He said, “I saw him only once during the June 2010 election. All I did was come to the site for an election campaign and shake hands once.”
He continued, “(At the time of the election campaign), ‘I will help private development of Daejang-dong,’ but suddenly after becoming the mayor, it was difficult for us to say ‘I will do public development’. He claimed that he was the one who stole the money.” On the contrary, lawyer Nam made a remark to the effect that he tried to lobby the governor to a certain extent, but failed. He said, “How many tries (lobby attempts) have you had while watching that person (this branch) over the past 12 years? Previously, in an interview with JTBC on the 12th, lawyer Nam said in a transcript of accountant Jung, Manbae Kim, the major shareholder of Hwacheon Daewoo Asset Management, “Doesn’t everyone know that Cheonhwa-dongin No. 1 is not mine? Regarding the part where he said that half of that was ‘his’, he insisted, “I heard from Mr. Kim that Cheonhwa-dongin No. 1 is not him (Kim Man-bae).” Don’t you know?” But Kim said that he had no memory of referring to Yoo Dong-gyu, former acting deputy president of Seongnam Urban Development Corporation, as ‘him’, suggesting the possibility that there might be a third party.
Meanwhile, lawyer Nam Wook arrived at Incheon International Airport on the morning of the 18th. As soon as lawyer Nam got off the plane, the prosecution presented a warrant issued in advance and arrested him and sent him to the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office.
Attorney Nam, who is the real owner of Cheonhwa-dongin No. 4, an affiliate of Hwacheon Daeyu Asset Management, was named one of the people who led the Daejang-dong development project along with acting deputy president Yoo. Attorney Nam is said to have invested about 80 million won in Seongnam’s Garden, a special purpose corporation, and received a dividend of 100 billion won.
Correspondent Kim So-young, Donga.com sykim41@donga.com
Copyright by dongA.com All rights reserved.
