Representatives of the Democratic Party of Korea and Lee Jae-myung say after second interrogation, ``I'm not convinced...I can't present a single piece of evidence.'' - South Korea

Representatives of the Democratic Party (opposition) along with Lee Jae-myung, who is accused of third-party bribery regarding the Sangbangul Group's remittances to North Korea, completed their second interrogation on the afternoon of the 12th, and at 4:00 p.m.
I returned home 40 minutes later. After completing the second interrogation at around 6:11 p.m. that day, Representative Lee appeared in front of the Suwon District Public Prosecutors Office and said, ``I was summoned twice to ask formal questions and questioned.''
I can't accept that at all. After all, they were unable to present a single piece of evidence." Representative Lee said, ``There is no such thing as untrue evidence. That's why we don't check meaningless documents or do things like this.''
I wasted precious time on this. No matter how much the country becomes dominated by prosecutors, prosecutors from the special investigation department will be mobilized to investigate cases instead of torturing people with guns and fabricating cases.
"I think it's just turned into a fabrication," he criticized. When asked by reporters, ``How did you explain the suspicion of bribery by a third party?'' Lee replied, ``Because they are trying to implicate allegations that have nothing to do with it.''
, it doesn't seem to be working.'' The Suwon District Public Prosecutors Office's Detective Division 6 concluded Lee's second interrogation of the suspect at around 3:28 p.m., about an hour and 50 minutes later. Representative Lee’s health on day 13 of fasting
The number of questions asked was drastically reduced in consideration of the situation. Representative Lee viewed the report for about 2 hours and 40 minutes and affixed his signature and seal to the report on that day.
During the second interrogation, prosecutors asked Lee to pay the governor of Gyeonggi Province (Gyeonggi Province) $3 million to visit North Korea.
(approximately 225.9 million yen). Regarding this, Representative Lee stated, ``I will use the written statement I submitted on the 9th as an answer,'' and added that he did not know about the promotion of visiting North Korea, saying, ``I do not know about it, and Lee Hwa-young is not aware of it.''
(Lee Hwa-young) did everything,'' he said, denying the charges. Prior to this, Lee was interrogated for about 8 hours including rest time during the first interrogation held on the 9th.
I requested a suspension due to health reasons. After viewing the statement for about 2 hours and 40 minutes, he refused to sign and seal it, saying it did not properly reflect the purpose of the statement, and went home.
The suspicion of remittances between Sangbang-eul and North Korea was raised in 2019 by Kim Sung-tae, former chairman of Sangbang-eul Group, at the request of Lee Hwa-young, Kyung-gi-do (Gyeonggi Province) and Pyonghwa (Peace) vice governor.
In addition to the $5 million (approximately 376.5 million yen) that Gyeonggi Province should have paid for the project to support the creation of a smart farm in North Korea, and the $3 million that North Korea requested at the time for the Gyeonggi Province governor's visit to North Korea, etc.
, and sent a total of $8 million (approximately 602.4 million yen) to North Korea.