"Deutsche Investigation" that lasted four and a half years...Controversy Ends 'Non-prosecution' Conclusion

Prosecutor General deprived of the authority to investigate...Seven defendants, including former chairman Kwon Oh-soo, were found guilty of "the involvement of the spouse of the president"

The second trial found all the defendants guilty...Admitted to the charge of aiding and abetting 'Jeonju'

First Lady Kim Gun-hee conducts face-to-face survey for the first time in four years and three months.

[Anchor]
Mrs. Kim Gun-hee's accusation of manipulation of Deutsche Motors' stock price ended in non-prosecution after four and a half years.

It shook politics and civil society by excluding the president's command of the investigation and even controversy over preferential investigations.

Reporter Kim Da-hyun organized the incident log.

[Reporter]
The investigation into the alleged manipulation of Deutsche Motors' stock price began with a complaint from the Democratic Party held in April 2020.

[Choi Kang Wook / Former Open Democratic Party member (April 2020): Despite many suspicions, there was no clear progress in the investigation, so we filed a complaint with the idea of representing the wishes of the citizens.]

In October of the same year, then Justice Minister Choo Mi-ae deprived the Attorney General of the investigation into the Deutsche case.

It was because the case involved Kim Gun-hee, the wife of President Yoon Suk Yeol, who was the prosecutor general at the time.

Since then, the investigation team has handed over nine people, including Kwon Oh-soo, former chairman of Deutsche Motors, to trial,
Seven of the
people were convicted in the first trial in February last year.

The subsequent appeal also found the other two exonerated,
Like Mrs.
Kim, she admitted to the charge of assisting Mr. Son, who was identified as a 'Jeonju'.

There were calls from politicians that Kim, who had only been investigated twice in writing, should also investigate intensely, but

The face-to-face investigation of Mrs. Kim was not conducted until four years and three months after the accusation was filed.

Even that was criticized as a "preferential investigation" because the prosecutor went on a business trip to the Presidential Security Service facility and returned his mobile phone.

On top of that, the investigation was reported to Prosecutor General Lee Won-seok after the investigation on the grounds that the right to command the investigation was excluded, causing controversy over "President Passing."

The alleged manipulation of Deutsche Motors shares has been in a lot of pain throughout the investigation.

In the end, the conclusion of "non-prosecution" was reached, but it is pointed out that the prosecution has only dragged its feet for four and a half years and the political aftermath surrounding the special prosecutor is expected to be formidable.

I'm YTN's Kim Dahyun.

Reporter for shooting
: Choi Sung-hoon
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