To Lee Jae-myung, a representative of the Democratic Party of Korea, who was investigated by the prosecution for a case of preferential treatment for the Wirye-Daejang-dong development project, the prosecution said, “They do not answer the specific questions raised. by the prosecution at all, and they maliciously frame them for political reasons.”
An official from the prosecution said on the 2nd, “The suspect (CEO Lee) is misleading the media as if there is a problem with the investigation process, so I will explain briefly.”
An official from the prosecution said, “An investigation is underway to discover the truth about the former Seongnam mayor’s development corruption case, which was initiated by the last government,” he explained.
He continued, “It is only natural that the mayor at the time investigated against CEO Lee for the content approved after receiving a report on the business process from them. It is very unfortunate to disparage this as political rhetoric.”
Regarding the claim by Lee’s lawyer, “At the time of the first subpoena investigation, the investigative team told CEO Lee that he must eat lunch unconditionally,” an official from the prosecution said, “Given that the investigation will is held late, we ask for an opinion about eating or not, and we agreed with the person under investigation (CEO Lee).
In addition, he stressed, “It is difficult to understand the part where the investigation team, which is working hard for a quick investigation, is identified in a way that scratches the surface and is sold one-sided as a malicious political frame.”
Regarding the second subpoena investigation related to Lee’s suspicion of Wirye and Daejang-dong development projects, an official from the prosecution said, “We asked Lee to appear early for a quick investigation, and we are discussing the schedule with the lawyer. .”
He said, “I do not believe that even two appearances are enough, but the request was made by reducing the number of times, and it is very unusual for the suspect to unilaterally set a schedule or time.” I look forward to a concrete answer.”
On the 28th of last month, CEO Lee appeared as a suspect at the Seoul Central District Prosecutor’s Office for suspicion of Wirye and Daejang-dong development projects. Initially, the prosecution offered a face-to-face investigation during the week of January 27 and 30, but Lee refused all of them and chose to appear on Saturday, the 28th. Afterwards, when the prosecution asked for an additional subpoena investigation, CEO Lee responded to the second summons, saying, “I’ll go again because they told me to come as a loser.”
Donga.com reporter Jaeho Choi cjh1225@donga.com
