The court battle between Lee and the prosecution continues over the authenticity of the statement by Lee Jae-myung, head of the Democratic Party, that he did not know the late Kim Moon-gi, head of the first department of the Seongnam Urban Development Corporation. development, during his time as mayor. Prosecutors said they found a text message record with sender ‘Lee Jae-myeong’ on his mobile phone at the time before Kim’s death.
On the 17th, in the second trial of violation of the Public Official Election Act by CEO Lee, held in the hearing of Section 34 of the Criminal Agreement of the Seoul Central District Court (Chief Judge Kang Gyu-tae), the prosecution It was found that the former Director Kim sent a text message from the contact number ‘Lee Jae-myung’ in November-December 2021. The record was released on several occasions. At the time, Lee was a presidential candidate.
Prosecutors also revealed that former director Kim participated in a KakaoTalk group chat room with CEO Lee. CEO Lee’s birthday was also stored in Kim’s main cell phone schedules.
In response, Representative Lee protested strongly, saying, “Isn’t the work after the governor (the accusations) irrelevant?”
Prosecutors presented photos from inside the Seongnam Mayor’s office that day, claiming, “The table is so narrow that Lee can check the name tags of the meeting participants.”
Regarding former Director Kim, he said, “As the head of the department responsible for the Daejang-dong and 1st industrial complex projects, which the defendant himself mentioned as an achievement during his time as mayor, he did several face to face. reports and support.”
Lee Jae-myung, representative of the Democratic Party of Korea, attends a trial for violating the Public Official Election Act held at the Seoul Central District Court in Seocho-gu, Seoul on the morning of the 17th. news 1
He emphasized, “Maybe I can say that I don’t remember the remaining 599 team leaders (Seongnam City and related organizations), but I can’t say that I don’t remember just one person, former Director Kim.”
Representative Lee said, “It would not have been easy to separately remember former Director Kim, who assisted the former acting president of the Seongnam Urban Development Corporation, Yoo Dong-gyu, at the time of nearly seven years.” I don’t know what the basis is for former director Kim to remember her, even if people can’t remember.”
It was also an issue that CEO Lee played golf in Australia in 2015, when he was mayor, with former manager Kim and former assistant manager Yoo. Representative Lee said, “Whether he played golf with former manager Kim and former assistant manager Yoo is an objective fact, and he never said that (CEO Lee) had never played golf .” “The defendant is a person who plays golf together. I don’t think I remember exactly if Lee Kim was the former manager,” he insisted.
He continued, “There is one peculiarity in the photos and videos taken by the accused and former director Kim in Australia, and that the two never met eye contact.”
The next test will be held on the 31st. Yoo’s former temporary assistant is scheduled to sit on the witness stand.
Reporter Lee Hye-won Donga.com hyewon@donga.com
