Who led the “Lime political lobby”? … Mixed arguments

The revelation of former Star Mobility president Kim Bong-hyun (46, limited), who is the true owner of Lime Asset Management (Lime), is drawing attention to whether further disclosure will continue as the president’s disclosure comments. from Star Mobility.

On the 16th, former President Kim claimed to have treated prosecutors with alcohol at a five-page A4 paper-sized “ interior front door ” that was opened through a lawyer on the 16th, and claimed that he had requested the Lime outbreak by giving hundreds of millions of won to a prominent opposition prosecutor politician.

It was publicly admitted that there was a lobby for money and goods destined for politicians and the prosecution.

So far, former President Kim has been viewed as the core of suspected political relations lobbying in the Lime crisis. In the transcript of the person involved in the initial investigation of the Lime incident, he is also mentioned as “the president who makes the lobby scary.”

On the part of former President Kim, there are also words that refer to the person who actually led the lobbying of the political sphere, who was once his partner, Lee Kang-se (58, detained), representative of stellar mobility.

Mr. A, who is brilliant with the internal circumstances of Lime and Star Mobility, said in a call with Yonhap News on the 18th: “It is true that former President Kim had a ‘money line’, but it was Representative Lee Kang-se who led the formation of relationships with the political world. “

“Contrary to popular public relations, Mr. Kim was not a person with high-ranking connections,” he argued. “As he is relatively young, he was doing business mainly in the provinces, so he had no politics at all.”

Mr. A said former President Kim de Lee’s attraction to Star Mobility was also forming a network. It means that he thought that if Lee, a former reporter and former chairman of Gwangju MBC, joined, it would open the way to connect with the political world.

In fact, Lee served as a “bridge” connecting former President Kim and politicians. With Lee’s introduction, former President Kim met with Moo Kim, a former Uri Party deputy spokesman, and through Kim, Lee Sang-ho, formerly regarded as the “original pro-no,” got in touch. with the former leader of the Democratic Party Saha-eul Busan.

It is known that the representative of the Democratic Party Lee Dong-min and Kim Mo, a member of the political affairs committee, also associated with former President Kim through Lee. They all suspect that they had been pressured or requested by former President Kim.

Mr. B, a businessman who worked with former President Kim, also said: “President Kim pretended to be ‘Gap’ when dealing with people with money, but his relationship with Lee was different.” It was difficult. Most of Lee’s requests were also heard. “

Lee was accused of receiving 50 million won from former President Kim, saying he would pass it on to former Blue House political director Kang Ki-jeong. Later, charges were added for receiving money or goods on behalf of the lobby of the investigating prosecutor’s office.

On the other hand, Lee denies the lobbying allegations.

Representative Lee argued, “I have never received lobbying money from former President Kim, and I did not give money or solicit money from politicians,” he argued. “It was just to meet acquaintances and explain the difficulties of the company as a representative.”

He added: “President Lee played the role of ‘dear lady’ in Star Mobility, under the direction of former President Kim, and he acted.” “The person who actually operated the company and stole the funds was former President Kim.”

While he insisted on lobbying for money and property against opposition politicians in office, former CEO Kim did not explicitly mention “who,” “how,” and did not reveal the politician’s real name.

As former President Kim said, if Lee had led the lobby, he would have mentioned Lee, but he didn’t. For this reason, it is analyzed that it could have been kept as a ‘hidden card’ with the investigation of the prosecution or its sentence in mind.

In a situation where former President Kim made a “ declaration of war ” against the impeachment, such as insisting on entertainment, the possibility of former President Kim being further exposed if Lee postpones responsibility to former President Kim .

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