Kim Bong-Hyun Reveal Reveals … “5.36 million won entertainment for prosecutors until 1 am”

▲ Former Star Mobility Chairman Bong-Hyun Kim revealed that he had entertained and entertained prosecutors in connection with the “Lime Asset Management (Lime) Incident”.
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The prosecution revealed that the suspicion of “prosecutor hospitality” raised by former Star Mobility chairman Kim Bong-hyun was “recognized as objective evidence” as a result of the investigation. The accusations are considered true.

On the 8th, the Seoul Southern District Prosecutor’s Office (Prosecutor Jeong-su Lee) announced the results of the interim investigation into the suspicion of receiving entertainment from prosecutors raised by former President Kim. This is the result of an investigation that was released two months after former President Kim revealed that he had served alcohol to a sitting prosecutor in a letter from prison on October 16.

In addition to the suspicion of drinking, the prosecution also responded to six suspicions raised by former President Kim. Among them, he denied the accusations of former President Kim, saying that “the investigation is ongoing” on the suspicion of “hiding the crime from opposition politicians.”

Courtroom entertainment prosecutor, only one in three prosecuted

On that day, prosecutors announced that they had prosecuted a prosecutor who received more than 1 million won of entertainment, a former attorney for the prosecution, and former President Kim, who provided entertainment, for violating the solicitation ban law. The acting prosecutor, who was the subject of prosecution, was charged with receiving alcohol and entertainment for more than 1 million won by former President Kim and a prosecutor at an entertainment bar in Gangnam from around 9:30 p.m. July 18 of last year until 1 am the next day. To receive. The total cost of drinking on this day was confirmed to be 5.36 million won.

However, no bribery was applied to them. Since Lime’s investigative team at the Seoul Southern District Prosecutor’s Office, where former President Kim was involved, was formed only in early February this year, it is considered difficult to admit the relevance and cost of the alcohol consumption and job obligations in July 2019.

Meanwhile, two other incumbent prosecutors known to have been treated with alcohol were not prosecuted. Since the two prosecutors returned home before 11 p.m., the amount of entertainment for them was estimated to be less than 1 million won, making processing difficult. 550,000 won, which was used for band expenses and entertainment receptionist expenses, out of the total beverage and beverage expenses of 5.36 million won due to time constraints, was deemed not applicable to them. The prosecution told the two prosecutors that they had not been prosecuted, “we plan to take prosecution-related (disciplinary) action in the future.”

The prosecution said: “It is difficult to admit that the investigation team recognized or reported to the top the fact that all three prosecutors were treated with alcohol at the time of the Lime investigation.”

Prosecutors “I am not hiding the crime from opposition politicians … The investigation is underway”

That day, the prosecution denied allegations of hiding the crimes of opposition politicians raised by former President Kim. They were not covered up and are currently under investigation.

The related suspicion was previously mentioned by former President Kim in his handwritten post. Although the investigation was reported to the prosecutor in charge of the Seoul Southern District Prosecutor’s Office in early June this year, “the former Vice President of Lime Asset Management paid 200 million won to an influential opposition politician and a lawyer who was a prosecutor. , and lobbied Woori Bank bosses and vice presidents through that lawyer. ” It is the content that claimed no progress was made.

In this regard, the prosecution responded: “The investigation team has already launched an investigation after receiving reports of related suspicions from a third party other than former President Kim. It is currently being investigated.”

The five suspicions of political-judicial relations raised by Kim Bong-hyun “cannot be admitted”

▲ President Bong-Hyun Kim, before the review of the royal court order Star Mobility Chairman Bong-Hyun Kim, who was appointed as a key figure in lobbying for political relations, like the predecessor of Lime Asset Management, which caused KRW 1.6 trillion in damages.
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The prosecution also mentioned the “ concealment of suspicion of hospitality from prosecutors ” raised by former President Kim. Earlier, former President Kim raised suspicions, saying: “Although the prosecutor in charge first inquired about the misconduct of the prosecutor and denounced the content of the prosecutor’s treatment, the investigation did not proceed.”

However, that day, the Prosecutor’s Office explained: “The prosecutor in charge, the manager, the deputy chief, the investigator of the prosecution and the participating lawyers were investigated, and related data were investigated, but no evidence was found to admit the suspicion.” He said, “It was not confirmed that Lime’s investigation team received reports of alcohol receipt for Prosecutor A (prosecuted prosecutor), or that the Seoul Southern District Prosecutor’s Office and Supreme Prosecutor’s Office received reports.”

The allegations of intimidation and intimidation related to lobbying in political relations raised by former President Kim were also ignored. It is argued that a lawyer from the prosecutor’s office convicted and threatened former President Kim that if he arrested a passport politician, he would be tried on bail. The fact that the prosecutor in charge said, ‘If I cooperate with (the investigation), I will let you out on bail, and if you don’t cooperate, you won’t even be bailed out at maturity.’

In this regard, the prosecution said: “There is no evidence to admit the suspicion.” “As a result of the investigation by former President Kim’s attorneys, investigating prosecutors and attorneys, former President Kim had already met with other attorneys before interviewing a prosecution attorney.” acknowledges that we have established a strategy to cooperate with the investigation by testifying about lobbying for political relations, and being released on bail if the prosecution collectively charges. “

Both the suspicion of intermingled investigations, which former President Kim claimed to “induce statements in the direction that prosecutors wanted,” and the allegations of conviction and intimidation against former Blue House administrator Kim Amu-gae also said: ” It’s difficult to admit suspicion. ”

Regarding the claim that former President Kim lobbied, such as the distribution of 30 million won in Hermes bags to the prosecutor’s spouses who were in charge of other cases, not the Lyme incident, he said: “It is considered unfeasible.” . The prosecution explained: “It is confirmed that the spouse of the attorney for the prosecution accompanied an acquaintance who lives in the same department and calculated the cost after purchasing the product.”