Prosecutors indicted Lee Jae-myung on charges of misappropriation of corporate credit cards.Kim Hye-kyung's suspension of prosecution

Prosecutors Prosecute Representative Lee Jae-myung for Suspicion of Use of Corporate Card

5th indictment following the 'perjury teacher case' ahead of sentencing

His spouse Kim Hye-kyung was suspended from prosecution...Attending Secretary Bae to Prosecute

[Anchor]
The prosecution handed over Lee Jae-myung, chairman of the Democratic Party of Korea, to trial today (19th) on charges of misappropriating corporate cards while serving as governor of Gyeonggi Province.

However, the decision to suspend prosecution was made against the spouse, Kim Hye-kyung.

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The prosecution indicted CEO Lee Jae-myung?

[Journalist]
Yes, that's right.

The Suwon District Prosecutors' Office today (19th) indicted Lee Jae-myung, chairman of the Democratic Party of Korea, who is suspected of misappropriating corporate cards in Gyeonggi Province, without detention on charges of professional breach of duty.

As a result, CEO Lee will face five trials following the Public Official Election Act, which was sentenced to one year in prison and two years of probation in the first trial on the 15th, and the perjury teacher case, which is scheduled to be sentenced on the 25th.

Prosecutors say they have indicted without detention Lee's chief of staff, identified only by his surname Jeong, and his wife Kim Hye-kyung's accompanying secretary, identified only by her surname Bae, on the same charges when he was governor of Gyeonggi Province.

However, CEO Lee's spouse, Kim Hye-kyung, was suspended from prosecution.

The prosecution reportedly did not file a prosecution in consideration of the fact that his spouse, representative Lee Jae-myung, was handed over to trial on the same charges, although they expected to be able to prove Kim's allegations.

The prosecution judged that Lee spent about 106 million won from 2018 to 2021 when he was governor of Gyeonggi-do Province by spending his budget on food to eat privately or using official cars regardless of official duties.

Prosecutors say a so-called "mother's team" was formed to buy fruits and sandwiches for Lee and his wife to eat, but they made false spending resolutions under the management of the chief of staff and were treated as Gyeonggi Province's budget.

It also found that 8.9 million won worth of food, such as beef and sushi, requested by CEO Lee and his wife were paid with a corporate card in Gyeonggi Province and provided free of charge.

Lee and his wife then said they used the official car like a private car throughout their term, such as parking the car in their home parking lot and attaching apartment parking stickers, adding that they earned at least 60 million won in combined rent and car washing costs.

It was confirmed that the prosecution analyzed the ruling of the election law violation case of CEO Lee's spouse, Kim, who was fined 1.5 million won, and included it in the indictment.
Even if there is no direct evidence that
was ordered or recognized by the representative, it is expected to attempt to prove Lee's charges based on indirect facts and circumstantial facts.

Earlier, the investigation into CEO Lee's alleged misappropriation of corporate cards began with remarks by Cho Myung-hyun, a seventh-grade civil servant in Gyeonggi Province, who revealed that he purchased sushi and Korean beef with corporate cards and delivered them to CEO Lee's office and home under the direction of Bae, a special official.

I'm YTN's Choi Sang-woo from the social studies department.