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“Manbae-hyung told me not to worry”… Jeong Young-hak’s recording file first released in court

picture explanationFrom left, Kim Man-bae, the major shareholder of Hwacheon Daeyu Asset Management, Nam-wook, lawyer, and Yoo Dong-gyu, former head of the planning division of Seongnam Urban Development Corporation. [사진 제공 = 연합뉴스]

A part of the recording file of accountant Jeong Young-hak, who was pointed out as decisive evidence in the case of the Daejang-dong development project preference, was revealed for the first time in court.

The 22nd Criminal Settlement Division of the Seoul Central District Court (Chief Judge Lee Jun-cheol) held a trial on the 29th with former Seongnam Urban Development Corporation Planning Division Director Yoo Dong-gyu and Money Today reporter Kim Man-bae, lawyers Nam Wook and Jeong Min-yong, and accountant Jeong Young-hak, and recorded by Jeong Yeong-hak. One file was played.

On that day, among the recorded files submitted as evidence by the prosecution, lawyer Nam Wook played six files, including the recorded files in which Mr.

In the open file, lawyer Nam told Accountant Jeong, “Man Bae-hyung (Mr. Kim Man-bae) is the prosecutor Kim Soo-nam and is a complete scoundrel.”

Lawyer Nam also tells Accountant Jeong, “(Mr.

Prosecutors explained that the conversation was recorded in August 2012.

In July 2014, Mr. Manbae Kim took over a 50% stake in Urban Development D&P invested in Daejang Project Financial Investment (PFV) for 15 million won through the arrangement of lawyer Nam, and began to be actively involved in the Daejang-dong development project.

At the trial, Accountant Jeong revealed that he recorded conversations with business officials in Daejang-dong from 2012 to 2014, and started recording conversations with Mr.

Accountant Jeong explained in a witness newspaper that day, “I recorded conversations and calls for fear that I would be wrongly perceived as involved in something I wasn’t involved in, or even more than I was involved in, so I wouldn’t be penalized.”

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