"Deutsche" clarification that only raised controversy...There was no attempt to raid "Mrs. Kim Gun-hee".

[Anchor]
The prosecution, which investigated the Deutsche Motors stock price manipulation case, reversed its position that it had requested a search warrant for Kim Gun-hee and was rejected a day later.

Lee Chang-soo, head of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office, said in a parliamentary audit that he had requested a search warrant for Kim for a case other than stock price manipulation, but the prosecution belatedly explained that it was a "misunderstanding" in the "false briefing controversy."

I'm reporter Kim Tae-won.

[Reporter]
The investigation team of Deutsche Motors' stock price manipulation case said it attempted to search for residences, offices and mobile phones in 2020 while not prosecuting Kim Gun-hee.

However, Lee Chang-soo, head of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office, said at the National Audit Office the next day that there was no crime related to stock price manipulation in the search warrant for Kim.

[Jeong Chung-rae / Chairman of the National Assembly Legislation and Judiciary Committee: Is it correct that you didn't request a search warrant for suspect Kim Gun-hee of Deutsche Motors?]

[Lee Chang-soo / Chief of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office] Formally, that's right.]

False controversy erupted over the explanation reversed in a day,

[Lee Chang-soo / Chief of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office: (Lie!) I don't think it's a lie. I also received a report after death.]

Opposition lawmakers criticized the prosecution for conducting a bad investigation.

[Park Eun-jung / Cho Kuk Innovation Party Member: The search and seizure is the most important thing.]

[Lee Chang-soo / Chief of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office: You don't have to bring your cell phone to any case, basically.]
The chief prosecutor
said he handled the case properly according to evidence and legal principles, but as the controversy did not subside, the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office issued an explanation belatedly.

It seems that some misunderstandings have occurred in the process of explaining the situation, saying that there were cases in which the two charges were included in the warrant crime as we investigated Kim's exhibition agency "Kobana Content" and Deutsche Motors stock price manipulation at the same time since 2020.

At the same time, he stressed that the previous day's briefing made it clear that there was no request for an overwhelming swimming pool for Mrs. Kim in the Deutsche case.

However, it is pointed out that the four-hour briefing failed to clearly explain whether the investigation was forced or not, and only raised controversy with a belated and dubious explanation.

In addition, controversy over the poor investigation is expected to be inevitable as it has been confirmed that there has not been a single search and seizure attempt in the past four and a half years, as Kim has been cleared of any charges on the grounds that there is no objective evidence.

I'm Kim Taewon of YTN.