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His aunt (54), who was involved in the Optimus Asset Management (Optimus) case and was being investigated, and the deputy head of the Democratic Party representative secretary made an extreme decision, and the family in Gwangju and Jeonnam, where he was active, it is tumultuous. Vice Principal Lee disappeared after being investigated by the prosecution on the afternoon of the 2nd and was found dead the following night near the Seoul Central District Court.
In the local government, there is a story about Lee Nak-yeon, who had died, which says, “I served as a ‘lord’ by taking a disgusting job alongside the leader of the Democratic Party Lee Nak-yeon.” There is also a criticism that says: “As the Democratic Party that once came to the corner in Honam in 2016 revived, the talent of an organization.”
“NY (Lee Nak-yeon) 20-year-old partner and political partner”
On the 6th, CEO Nak-yeon Lee posted a post on his Facebook page titled “Sending Comrades” and commemorated his assistant’s deputy director who died suddenly. Representative Lee referred to Lee as a “comrade of 20 years.”
A Gwangju City Democratic Party official who observed Lee from the local government said, “I remember Lee as a political partner who had been with him from before and after running for Hampyeong and Yeonggwang districts in Jeollanam- do during the 2000 general elections “. I think this deputy director took over. “Deputy Director Lee served as regional secretary and assistant for nearly 10 years when Lee was a member of the National Assembly. The moment the relationship between the two came to light was the ‘pay of party spending ‘that took place during Jeonnam-do’s 2014 gubernatorial election.
“Helper who took full responsibility”
The Jeonnam Prosecutors Commission of Jeonnam Province accused the prosecution of paying 3.178 billion won in party expenses for Lee Nak-yeon at the time of the Democratic Party’s predecessor to the New Democratic Political Union, when the governor was elected. from Jeonnam province. Lived.
A local official, who remembers the situation at the time, said: “I heard from Lee Vice-Director that the prosecution put strong pressure on him, and I know they were all responsible and took it alone.”
Immediately after the launch, Governor Nak-yeon Lee returns to special business.
In January 2016, Deputy Director Lee was appointed as ‘Special Political Affairs’ to assist in the internal and external activities of Governor Lee Nak-yeon. As for the greetings issued a few months after the release of Vice Principal Lee, the word “dismissed greetings” emerged in the region.
An official from the Jeonnam Provincial Office said: “There was a negative look at the fact that the person living in prison was sitting in the seat of the political affairs advisor. After the appointment of the Special Assistant for Political Affairs, Vice Principal Lee said he often said to the people around him, “Who should be nice to this governor?
The suspicion that followed a petty death
As such, Optimus’ vice manager made an extreme decision after receiving an investigation into the cost of cross-functional office equipment from Optimus-related companies and the office rental process in Yeouido, and doubts about the background are growing.
A politician who occasionally had a drink with Lee said: “I am a person who can do anything for this representative. “I will maintain my loyalty to the end,” he said, calling Lee “the sore finger of Lee’s representative.” He said: “I think he felt a strong sense of pressure as he recently received an extensive peripheral investigation by the prosecution.”
Local greeting “I met recently, but there was no special sign”
A local person I recently met with Lee said, “When I met a few weeks ago, I didn’t feel like I was making an extreme decision.” “This vice manager, whom I have seen in the usual way, was not a person who could use his experience to receive money from a company, so the suspicion that arose recently. It’s hard to believe.”
Deputy Director Lee was known as “a person with a loyal style and good interpersonal relationships” within the Gwangju and Jeonnam Democratic Party. A local official who requested anonymity said: “Vice Manager Lee is the person who revived the Democratic Party organization that was dying in Honam during the 2016 general election. He was a passionate enough person.”
After Lee’s death, the Gwangju and Jeonnam Democratic Party is said to have an atmosphere of sadness. The funeral was held in a solemn atmosphere with only a few of the grieving family members in attendance when Mr. Lee was at Yeongnak Park in Buk-gu, Gwangju on the 5th.
Gwangju Metropolitan City = Reporter Jin Changil [email protected]
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