Myung Tae-kyun and Kim Young-sun summoned for the first time since their arrest.Attention is drawn to expanding the investigation into 'intervention in the nomination'

Prosecutors said, "Give 76 million won in exchange for nomination"
Prosecutors focus on investigating allegations of intervention in the nomination of the presidential couple
Investigation of former and current ruling party officials in charge of nomination is inevitable
Prosecutors confirm the amount and character of money received from First Lady Kim Gun-hee.

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Myung Tae-kyun and former lawmaker Kim Young-sun, key figures in the alleged intervention of the nomination, were summoned to the prosecution for the first time after being arrested.Attention is focusing on how far the prosecution's investigation will expand after the arrest of

and former lawmaker Kim.

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Myung Tae-kyun and former lawmaker Kim Young-sun, who were imprisoned in Changwon Prison detention center due to the court's issuance of arrest warrants.

The prosecution called the two to the prosecution office for questioning less than a day after they were imprisoned.It is interpreted that the prosecution, which arrested

and former lawmaker Kim, is speeding up the investigation.

First of all, the allegations of violations of the Political Fund Act received by the two have been partially clarified by the issuance of an arrest warrant by the court.

Therefore, the prosecution seems to be focusing on investigating the allegations raised during the investigation.

The first thing to check is the alleged involvement of President Yoon Suk Yeol and his wife in the nomination.

The question is whether former lawmaker Kim intervened in winning the nomination without a primary in the 2022 by-election of Changwon's Chang-gu National Assembly.

The prosecution is said to have forensically obtained data such as Myung's SNS history by forensizing his computer and others.

Based on this, we are checking whether the president and his wife actually intervened in winning former lawmaker Kim's nomination and whether it was decisive if they intervened.

Therefore, it is inevitable to investigate Lee Joon-seok, who was the party leader during the last by-election, and Yoon Sang-hyun, who was the chairman of the nomination management committee.This is because to check whether

has been nominated by former lawmaker Kim using his close friendship with the president and his wife, we have to check with former and current ruling party officials in charge of the nomination.

The prosecution is expected to decide whether to investigate Myung and former lawmaker Kim after completing the reinforcement investigation.

In addition, the investigation is expected to continue on the amount and nature of the money that Myung received from First Lady Kim Gun-hee twice.

Lastly, it remains the prosecution's task to reveal the suspicion that Myung was involved in the designation of Changwon's second national industrial complex.The arrest period for

and former lawmaker Kim is up to 20 days.

As the prosecution plans to check all suspicions raised by the media, attention is being paid to whether all related suspicions can be resolved within this time.

I'm YTN's Park Jong Hyuk.