On the 29th, the prosecution investigating the suspicion of money envelopes at the Democratic Party’s National Convention began a search and seizure in connection with former CEO Song Young-gil, who is suspected to be the ultimate beneficiary of the distribution of money and goods. 29th, the prosecution and Research staff enter. random news
Prosecutors investigating suspected money envelopes at the Democratic Party convention seized and searched the home and personal sponsorship organizations of former CEO Song Young-gil. Five days have passed since Song arrived from France. There are comments that the prosecution has widened the scope of the investigation, leaving open the possibility that former CEO Song raised money through a sponsoring organization and injected it directly within the party. The prosecution’s investigation, which had slowed down due to the dismissal of the warrant by Kang Rae-gu, head of the Korea Investigators Association, is picking up speed again.
On the 29th, the Anti-Corruption Investigation Division 2 of the Seoul Central District Prosecutor’s Office (Chief Prosecutor Kim Young-chul) conducted an inspection of Song’s old home in Gyeyang-gu, Incheon, and his current home in Songpa-gu, Seoul, and ‘ Peace and Living Matters Research Institute’, an organization privately sponsored by former CEO Song, in Yeouido. The office was ransacked. The research center’s accounting staff and former CEO Song’s former secretary were also included in the search and seizure targets. The Foundation is a policy research organization founded by former CEO Song in 2015, and is an aid organization that helped him from the outside. It is a place that has not been discussed in the past regarding the suspicion of money envelopes at the Democratic National Convention.
The reason why the prosecution even searched and seized a personal organization sponsored by former CEO Song is because they suspected that former CEO Song had distributed donations directly to the research center for members of the National Assembly in order to win the party leader election. The scope of the investigation has expanded due to the flow of money throughout the previous presidential primary campaign. Prosecutors have been investigating the situation in which former Democratic Party lawmakers Yoon Kwan-seok and Lee Seong-man, Kang Rae-gu, former Democratic Party secretary-general Lee Jeong-geun, and other officials from the 94 million primary campaign won within the party to help Song win the election.
The phone recordings of former Vice President Lee, obtained by the prosecution, contain circumstances that make it doubtful that former CEO Song transferred the money himself. For example, Kang, the former president of the association, told former vice president Lee, “Someone said, ‘I work hard,’ and Young-gil said the same. ‘Anyway, I looked after him a bit. to work harder’. I don’t know where Yeong-gil hyung got it from, but he took great care of it. “
It is expected that it will take a long time for the prosecution to call former CEO Song to investigate. The prosecution is likely to analyze the data obtained through the search and seizure, summon and investigate officials from the primary camp in succession, including Rep. Yoon Kwan-seok and Lee Seong-man, and summon former CEO Song, who is at the top of the line, in the final step. For now, it appears the focus will be on re-applying for an arrest warrant by consolidating the charges against Kang, whose arrest warrant was once refused.
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