"Suspected Intervention in Nomination" by Myung Tae-kyun, Investigating the Summoning of Suspects

Prosecutors are likely to investigate the violation of the Political Fund Act and the nomination of a price tag.Suspicion of polls for Yoon Suk Yeol during the presidential election
Suspicion of Kim Young-sun's nomination for former lawmaker in return for public opinion polls
Suspicion of Kim Gun-hee's involvement in the nomination process

[Anchor]
Myeong Tae-kyun, a key party to the Suspicion of Intervention in the Nomination, will appear at the prosecution today as a suspect.

The prosecution is expected to conduct an intensive investigation into allegations of a quid pro quo nomination against Myung.

Connect with an on-site reporter to learn more. Reporter Lim Hyungjun!

[Reporter]
Yes, it's in the Changwon District Prosecutors' Office.

[Anchor]
will be investigated by the prosecution today, right?

[Reporter]
Yes, Myung Tae-kyun will appear at the Changwon District Prosecutors' Office shortly to be summoned by the prosecution at 10 a.m.

I'm attending as a suspect suspected of violating the Political Fund Act.

The prosecution is expected to focus on the suspicion of nominating a price-based candidate and whether he violated the Political Fund Act.It is suspected that

conducted a free poll for then-candidate Kim Yoon Suk Yeol in the presidential election two years ago, and made him receive the nomination of former lawmaker Kim Young-sun instead of this cost.

At that time, the Future Korea Research Institute conducted 81 polls and won the nomination instead of receiving more than 370 million won.

It is suspected that First Lady Kim Gun-hee intervened in the process.

This is what Kang Hye-kyung, a former accounting manager of former lawmaker Kim, revealed in the National Assembly's parliamentary audit and prosecution investigation.

Former lawmaker Kim was elected in the 2022 by-election of the National Assembly in Uichang-gu, Changwon, Gyeongsangnam-do, by the people's power.

Since then, Myung has been accused of receiving about 90 million won from former lawmaker Kim.Speaking to YTN yesterday, lawyers for

said the basic position on the charges was a total denial and that objective evidence had been confirmed.

It is also a monetary transaction between Myung and Kang, and claims to have lent KRW 60 million twice in April and June 2022, and received it all at once in January 2024.

The allegations were recently released by the Democratic Party of Korea, which has increased the impact.
The
recording file contains the president's voice, 'I asked you to do Kim Young-sun, and the party is talking a lot.'

The Democratic Party claimed that it was evidence of President Yoon's involvement in former lawmaker Kim's nomination.

[Anchor]
There is another issue that the prosecution is grasping, right?

[Reporter]
Yes, the prosecution should also investigate the suspicion that Myung was involved in the designation of Changwon's second national industrial complex.It is also suspected that

received confidential information from Changwon City and encouraged acquaintances to purchase the surrounding land.

To confirm this, the prosecution notified former and current officials in charge of Changwon City of their attendance as a reference.

In this regard, Myung's lawyer dismissed the idea and policy suggestions as a local resident.

The prosecution increased the number of prosecutors to 11 on two occasions, reinforcing it to the level of a special investigation team.

Attention is focusing on what the prosecution will conclude in the future through the investigation of the key figure, Myung Tae-kyun.

So far, I'm YTN Lim Hyung-joon at the Changwon District Prosecutor's Office.


VJ: Moon Jae-hyun