Myung Tae-kyun and Kim Young-sun's arrest was extended...Kakao Talk Message Research

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The arrest period for Myung Tae-kyun and former lawmaker Kim Young-sun, who are key figures in the 'suspicious intervention of nomination', has been extended.

Prosecutors, who have more time, are focusing on analyzing evidence to prove the allegations of those involved.

Reporter Lim Hyung-joon reports.

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The prosecution called Myung Tae-kyun for the fourth time since his arrest.

In particular, it is to check the data obtained from the computer that was shared by former lawmaker Kim Young-sun's office.

The prosecution secured and analyzed the Kakao Talk message used by Myung on the computer's hard disk.It is a close look at what role

played in former lawmaker Kim's nomination.The arrest period for

and former lawmaker Kim has been extended by 10 days.

The arrest deadline is until the 3rd of next month.

They say they will use all the up to 20 days that the prosecution can arrest.Both

and former lawmaker Kim decided to ask the court for an arrest suit, saying the arrest was unfair.

[Nam Sang-kwon/Myeong Tae-kyun's lawyer: The criminal fact itself has not been clarified, and there is a lot of room for dispute.... Myung Tae-kyun consistently states that he has never received any money from Kang Hye-kyung.

The two still stubbornly deny the allegations.

The 76 million won that came and went between the two is due to the debt relationship,
They say that the 240 million won they received from two prospective candidates in exchange for the nomination of
is not related to them.

However, the prosecution sees all the money flow as a price for the nomination.

We are investigating how much Myung contributed to the nomination process of former lawmaker Kim and whether there was actual intervention by the president and his wife.

The prosecution has earned some time due to the extension of the arrest deadline for key people involved in the alleged intervention in the nomination.

However, the prosecution's clock is expected to flow faster as all suspicions raised by the media must be confirmed within the deadline.

I'm YTN's Lim Hyungjun.



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