Interrogation of Democratic Party representatives along with Lee Jae-myung, who had been fasting, ended in 8 hours... Prosecutors say they will be re-summoned on the 12th due to health issues - South Korea

It has been confirmed that the prosecutor's investigation of Democratic Party representative Lee Jae-myung and Lee Jae-myung regarding the suspicion of money transfers to North Korea was completed in eight hours due to Lee's health reasons.
In a message sent to the media on the 9th, the Suwon District Public Prosecutors Office said, ``Today, the interrogation of the suspect against Representative Lee began at 10:30 a.m.
"The suspect's interrogation was suspended at 6:40 p.m. due to the representative's request that he could no longer be questioned due to health reasons."
He then said, ``I will begin viewing the records at 7 p.m., and will notify you that I will be present at 10:30 a.m. on the 12th for the remaining interrogation.
'' he explained. The 6th detective division of the Suwon District Public Prosecutors Office took into consideration Lee's health condition, which was on his 10th day of fasting, and conducted an interrogation by selecting only the most important points from the questionnaire they had originally prepared in 150 pages.
went. Representative Lee was interrogated for two hours, followed by a 20-minute break. After submitting a written statement completely denying the allegations, Lee reportedly changed most of his answers in the statement. Ta
However, some of the questions were so long that they took up two A4 sheets of paper to answer. The answering time took longer than expected, and Representative Lee requested an end to the interrogation, and the prosecutor's investigation ended at a dead end.
The meeting was reportedly interrupted after questions were asked about the payment of $5 million (approximately 739.05 million yen) for the smart farm project amid suspicions of remittances between North Korea and North Korea. Governor's visit to North Korea: 3 million dollars (
Approximately half of the interrogations that were prepared, including about 443.43 million yen), were never conducted. Prior to this, the prosecutor's office asked Representative Lee to attend again on the 12th, which he had announced that he would attend.
Although the request was made, Representative Lee refused, saying, ``Due to (other) schedules, it will be difficult for me to attend. We will decide later.'' The suspicion of remittances between Sangbang-ul and North Korea is based on Kim of the Sangbang-ul group.
・In 2019, former Chairman Sung Tae announced that, at the request of Vice Governor Pyonghwa of Gyeonggi Province, Gyeonggi Province had provided $5 million for a project to support the creation of a smart farm in North Korea.
The gist is that North Korea sent a total of $8 million (approximately 1,182,480,000 yen), including $3 million for the Gyeonggi Province governor's visit to North Korea, which North Korea had requested. The prosecutor was the governor of Gyeonggi Province at the time.
Considering that Representative Lee was involved in Sangban-eul's payment, he was charged with third-party bribery. After the Suwon District Public Prosecutors Office completed its investigation of Representative Lee, the Seoul Central District Public Prosecutors Office's BAEKHYUN Dong (Bakhyun)
(Dong) The government attempted to combine the development preferential treatment case and the remittances to North Korea case and consider requesting a warrant of arrest against Lee. However, the interrogation on that day was not completed, and the time when the arrest warrant was requested was delayed.
It is expected that there will be further delays.