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Won Hee-ryong ‘Dong-gyu Yoo, 2 hours talk with Boksim Lee Jae-myung before throwing his phone’

Won Hee-ryong, former governor of Jeju-do, a presidential candidate for the People’s Power. photo co-op foundation

On the 21st, former Jeju governor Won Hee-ryong, preliminary candidate for the People’s Power presidential election, mentioned the ‘suicide drug’ of former Seongnam Urban Development Corporation president Yoo Dong-gyu (incarcerated), who is a key figure in the suspicion of Daejang-dong, in a state audit on the 21st. It was described as a “fatal mistake”.

On the same day, former Governor Won appeared on CBS Radio’s ‘Kim Hyun-jung’s News Show’ and said, “To emphasize that Dong-gyu Yoo’s involvement in money by taking bribes was a personal deviation, and that he should not be linked as an aide since he had separated from Lee since a year ago. I said something I didn’t even ask,” he said.

He continued, “The media only reported that he did something unknown while lying on a blanket, but how did he know that he had taken suicide pills? I can’t remember who I heard from. Doesn’t that genius remember that?”

At the same time, he mentioned the fact that former deputy president Yoo spoke on the phone for about two hours before throwing his cell phone out of the building during a raid and seizure by the prosecution on the 29th of last month. It is a demonstration against what is being done,” he speculated, saying, “Only those who could make a connection and comfort them would have been the target of the call.” He also emphasized, “He is a double heart of Lee Jae-myung, but he knows even Yoo Dong-gyu well and can comfort him.”

When the host asked, ‘Aren’t you too confident?’, former Governor Won said, “When you are sure, there is a reason.” However, the whistleblower said that he could not disclose it to protect his identity.

Gyeonggi Governor Lee Jae-myung, a candidate for the Democratic Party’s presidential election, answers questions from lawmakers during the National Assembly’s Land, Infrastructure and Transport Committee’s audit of the Gyeonggi Provincial Office held at the Gyeonggi Provincial Office in Paldal-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, on the afternoon of the 20th. 2021.10.20/News1 ⓒ News1

Earlier, candidate Lee responded to a question from the opposition party asking about his relationship with former president Yoo at the Gyeonggi State Audit of the National Assembly’s Land, Infrastructure and Transport Committee the day before, saying, “I haven’t talked to this friend at all recently.” There were too many problems at home,” he said. Candidate Lee said, “It is said that he took drugs to commit suicide during the search and seizure. So I heard that he was lying on the bed.”

Rep. Kim Eun-hye, from the People’s Power, asked, “How do you know so well?” Lee replied, “He’s not a person who has nothing to do with us, but I don’t know who I am close to.” As for who this candidate heard from, he said, “I don’t remember.”

Kim Hye-rin, reporter for Donga.com sinnala8@donga.com

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