"Kim Young-sun Nominated, Given by First Lady"...Revealing Recordings of 'Suspected Myung Tae-kyun'

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Kang Hye-kyung, the accounting director of former lawmaker Kim Young-sun of the People's Power, attended the National Assembly and repeatedly claimed that Kim's nomination for the by-elections two years ago was given by Kim Gun-hee.

Based on what he heard from former lawmaker Kim and Myung Tae-kyun, the party even released the related recordings, which the opposition party called for a thorough investigation, but the ruling party questioned its credibility.

I'm reporter Na Hye-in.

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Kang Hye-kyung, who appeared as a witness at the National Audit Office of the Supreme Prosecutors' Office, testified that former lawmaker Kim Young-sun's nomination for the by-elections in June 2022 was received by Myung Tae-kyun.

Until just before the presidential election, he repeatedly claimed that he had paid 81 polls for the candidate at the time of Yoon Suk Yeol, including the U.S. public opinion survey.

[Kang Hye-kyung / Former Future Korea Research Institute employee: (Myeong Tae-kyun) sent an estimate and a statement because Kim Gun-hee said she was going to take care of the money, but she didn't receive the money, and as a result, she was nominated by Kim Young-sun.]

The development of former lawmaker Kim, who has completely denied the allegations, has also been made public.

spent a lot of money helping President Yoon during the presidential election, and he said he couldn't deny that he became a member of the National Assembly.

[Kim Young-sun / All People's Power (calling Kang Hye-kyung on May 23 last year): Anyway, you benefited from Myung Tae-kyun, because I became a lawmaker after seeing all the benefits, how am I going to take responsibility and handle what I can handle?]

Myung also mentioned 'Mrs. Kim' directly on the phone with Kang,

[Myeong Tae-kyun (Kang Hye-kyung's call on December 3rd last year): Who will give it to the National Assembly, huh? Because of Myung Tae-kyun, Mrs. Kim Gun-hee told me to do that....]

{Gang} claimed that because of this background, former lawmaker Kim handed over half of his salary to Myung every month since his election.There was also a disclosure that

showed off their friendship, saying they had a lot of spiritual conversations with Mrs. Kim.

[Kang Hye-kyung / Former Future Korea Research Institute employee: In the case of Kim Gun-hee, she has the ability to do magic, predictive skills, etc., but she shouldn't go outside....]

People's Power lawmakers ultimately undermined it as a mere statement.

He criticized it as inappropriate to unilaterally spread unconfirmed facts in public.

[Joo Jin-woo / People's Power: The strange thing is that if Myung Tae-kyun contributes a lot to the creation of the government, there are many public positions where his annual salary is hundreds of millions of won. But if you pay half of the salary, it's about 5 million won.]

Kang also questioned his credibility, emphasizing that he is a suspect who is accused by the Election Commission and is being investigated for violating the Political Fund Act.

[Kwak Kyu-taek / People's Power: I think Myung Tae-kyun recently said through the media that witnesses Kang Hye-kyung are incredible people. Do you think Myung Taekyun is a reliable person?]

On the other hand, the opposition party called for a thorough investigation, saying that the suspicion of a second manipulation of state affairs was revealed with Myung as a link.

Gang said there were 25 politicians who had done business with Myung and there were many recordings that have not yet been made public, suggesting the possibility of further revelations.

I'm Na Hye-in from YTN.