Lee Hwa-young, former deputy governor of Gyeonggi Province for Peace. / Provided by Gyeonggi-do
On the 17th, the Suwon District Prosecutor’s Office comprehensively refuted the so-called ‘alcohol appeasement by the Procuratorate Service’ that Lee Hwa-young, former vice-governor of Gyeonggi Province, drank food and alcohol brought by Ssangbangwool officials to the Suwon District Prosecutor’s Office, calling it “obviously false.”
◇It is not permitted to bring alcohol. Drinking is physically impossible.
The Suwon District Prosecutor’s Office said: “Following the scrutiny of lawyers who participated in the prosecution’s investigation of Lee Hwa-young, all 38 prison guards, Ssangbangwool officials including Kim Seong-tae and Bang Yong -cheol who were interrogated, food order and attendance records, etc. ① No alcohol was brought to the prosecutor’s office “Drinking is physically impossible, ② there is no fact that Ssangbangwool officials brought also some food and ③ the office (room 1315) was mentioned as a place because drinking was never used as a place to eat.”
The Suwon District Prosecutor’s Office said: “In particular, it was confirmed that on June 30, 2023, which former Vice Governor Lee recently claimed on the 17th, he ate in a detention center (separate detention facility for suspects detained within the prosecutor’s office) ), which is a separate building, not the prosecutor’s office.” “It is clear that former Deputy Governor Lee’s statements are false and there has been no appeasement or manipulation of the statements,” he said.
On this day, a media outlet, citing remarks from former Deputy Governor Lee’s lawyer, reported that the date and time of the drinking party was in late June or early July last year and that the location was the statement recording room. to the right of the Prosecutor’s Office, not in the warehouse (room 1315) in front of the Suwon District Prosecutor’s Office No. 1313. . In response to this, the Suwon District Prosecutor’s Office revealed that on the date in question, the person had eaten the meal in the detention room, not in the prosecutor’s office.
The Suwon District Prosecutor’s Office said: “After consulting the lawyers who participated in the investigation (including those from the Democratic Party’s legal committee), they clearly state that there was no evidence of alcohol consumption or falsifying statements “.
Lee Jae-myeong, leader of the Democratic Party, had appeared at the trial the day before and said, “It seems to be 100 percent true” about the claim that the prosecutor’s office had appeased himself with drinking. Subsequently, the Democratic Party’s Countermeasures Committee on Prosecution, Dictatorship and Political Oppression also said, “The Suwon District Prosecutor’s Office is under investigation on suspicion of conspiracy to fabricate statements,” and said added: “A large-scale inspection and investigation is necessary.” Then, the Suwon District Prosecutor’s Office directly denied this, saying that a lawyer from the Democratic Party’s legal committee at the time also confirmed that it was not about drinking or making false statements.
The Suwon District Prosecutor’s Office further stated: “Following a thorough investigation of all prison guards (38 people) during the period claimed by defendant Lee Hwa-young (May-July 2023), drinking was impossible under close custody and it was not possible to drink one had ever witnessed it and a stranger was drinking alcohol “He stated that he had never provided any of the meals he had brought.”
◇ “Lee Jae-myung Report” statement completed before June 30, no “manipulation” thereafter
The statement released today by the Suwon District Prosecutor’s Office also details how former Governor Lee Hwa-young testified about Representative Lee Jae-myung’s involvement in remittances to North Korea.
The Suwon District Prosecutor’s Office said: “The defendant Lee Hwa-young wrote and submitted a statement with the participation of a lawyer from the Democratic Party’s legal committee on May 19 last year, and then stated involvement by former Gyeonggi Province Governor Lee Jae-myeong in relation to remittances to North Korea in June.”
In particular, the Suwon District Attorney’s Office stated that since former Vice Governor Lee completed all his statements before the date of the “drinking party” recently mentioned by former Vice Governor Lee, the claim that the statement was fabricated after the party was false.
The Suwon District Prosecutor’s Office said: “After writing and submitting the statement, we have completed statements regarding Governor Lee Jae-myung’s involvement in remittances to North Korea five times from June 9 to June 30 2023. However, as stated today, he drank alcohol around the beginning of July after June 30. “The claim that he fabricated his statement while drinking is completely inconsistent with the times,” he said.
◇ Ssangbangwool employees do not have access to the building, and despite repeated changes in the words, it is “false”
Regarding the claim that former vice governor Lee Hwa-young hosted a party with Ssangbangwool officials at Suwon District Prosecutors’ Office No. 1315, the Suwon District Prosecutors’ Office refuted the claim one by one, citing Ssangbangwool officials’ statements and the circumstances at the time. The Suwon District Prosecutor’s Office said: “Following the scrutiny of Ssangbangwool officials such as Kim Seong-tae and Bang Yong-cheol, prosecutors, investigators and guards, ① Room 1315 is just an area waiting under the surveillance of prison guards and is not a place to eat ② No food was brought by Ssangbangwool Group employees ③At the request of the accused Lee Hwa-young, he stated that he had eaten once in the public office. ministry, not in room 1315, with the participation of the prison guards.”
The Suwon District Prosecutor’s Office further stated, “On the newly declared date of June 30, 2023, the meal took place in the detention room instead of the prosecutor’s office, and there was no sign of Ssangbangwool employees entering in the building, and later, on June 30, 2023. “It was confirmed through the military registry that Lee Hwa-young, Kim Seong-tae and Bang Yong-cheol did not even eat together in the early days,” he said “It’s even more It is clear that this statement is false despite Lee Hwa-young’s constant changes in words.
◇There are no accusations of drinking in the “Prison Note” released by Lee Hwa-young.
The Suwon district prosecutor’s office said the former vice-governor had never before claimed to “persuade people to go out for a drink” and that it was a “false claim made hastily.”
The Suwon District Prosecutor’s Office said: “The defendant Lee Hwa-young began claiming manipulation and appeasement after contacting Democratic Party officials in July last year, and then consistently made false excuses that went beyond common sense, such as that the evidence had been fabricated despite numerous objective testimony and physical evidence at trial.” “In July and December last year, the so-called “Prison Letter” and “Prison Note” were made public, containing only one-sided and baseless statements, but there was absolutely nothing in the contents about him that he made up his statements while he was drinking,” he said.
The Suwon District Prosecutor’s Office said: “Only on the day of closing arguments, April 4, did he first submit the allegation of drinking to the prosecutor’s office. According to common sense, if the allegation above is true, the fact that he was drinking at the Prosecutor’s Office would not have been recorded in the ‘Prison Letter’ and ‘Prison Notes.’ he hastily made false claims.
◇ CCTV is only installed in the corridors and the retention period has expired.
The Suwon District Prosecutor’s Office said: “In accordance with the Personal Information Protection Law, the CCTV in the building is only installed in the corridors for the purpose of protecting the building, and only the movement in the corridors is recorded (period conservation: 30 days) and is not installed in offices.”
This is a response to what CEO Lee Jae-myeong had said the day before: “It will be simple to check CCTV cameras, shipping records and prison guards’ statements.”
The Suwon District Prosecutor’s Office further said, “After checking the food order history of the prosecutor’s office and restaurant staff, it was clearly confirmed that the meal ordered at the prosecutor’s office did not include alcohol “.
◇ Out of a total of 483 meetings with family members and lawyers, prosecutors say: “It is impossible to manipulate the statements.”
This day’s statement also revealed that former Deputy Governor Lee met with family members and lawyers 483 times.
The Suwon District Prosecutor’s Office said: “The defendant Lee Hwa-young was arrested in ’23. As of December 12, not only have 188 meetings with family members and acquaintances, 288 meetings with lawyers, 7 meetings with changes of location and a total of 483 meetings (more than once a day) taken place in the detention center, but most of also participated and received assistance from lawyers during summons and investigations. He said, “It is also impossible to appease defendant Lee Hwa-young while he drinks in such a situation.”
He also said, “The defendant Lee Hwa-young has been politically active for 36 years, including serving as a member of the National Assembly, deputy governor and representative of KINTEX, so it is impossible for Kim Seong-tae and others to appease the accused”. Lee Hwa-young.
Furthermore, according to the revised Criminal Procedure Law, the prosecutor’s suspect interrogation report cannot be used as evidence, so there is no practical benefit of “pacification”.
The Suwon District Prosecutors’ Office said: “According to the previous government’s revision of the Criminal Procedure Law, the suspect’s interrogation report prepared by the prosecutor cannot be used as evidence in the trial unless the accused consents to its use as evidence, and was not actually accepted as evidence in the trial of the accused Lee Hwa-young the manipulation and appeasement are unfounded and false.”
◇Accusation: “Exercising an unfair influence even in trials, if this continues, legal action will be taken”
The Suwon District Prosecutor’s Office said: “However, it is deeply regrettable that defendant Lee Hwa-young’s continued assertion of unsubstantiated and one-sided false statements as if they were the truth is not just an attempt to exert unfair pressure external on the prosecution, but also to exert an unfair influence on the ongoing trial. “If incidents like this continue, we will actively consider legal action,” he said.
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