On the same day, Mr. Yu appeared on the Korean media "Maeil Shinmun" YouTube program "Lee Dong-jae's News Cabinet." He said that on the 15th,
After the 1st trial guilty verdict against Lee Jae-myung, the head of the Democratic Party of Korea, the country's largest opposition party, for violating the Public Offices Election Act, he made a phone call with the family of Kim, who served as the first development director of the Seongnam Urban Development Corporation.
"I have been in frequent contact with Kim's wife," Yoo said. "When I called her after the guilty verdict was announced on the 15th, she said, 'I feel a little comforted.'"
"I am heartbroken that the breadwinner of our family disappeared overnight," he said, adding, "Mr. Kim's wife supported the family by working at a snack bar selling tteokbokki (fried rice cakes)."
"I'm thinking about it," he said. Mr. Yoo recalled that Mr. Kim was very fond of his family, especially his children, and said, "He loved his daughter very much." Mr. Kim's daughter passed away this year.
It was also reported that he took the university entrance exam. On the 15th, at the trial for violating the Public Offices Election Act, Lee was sentenced to one year in prison with two years of probation. The court sentenced Lee, Kim, and Yoo to one year in prison.
The court found evidence showing that the two played golf together as the basis for the conviction. The ruling party, People's Power, used a photograph of the two golfing together during a business trip to Australia and New Zealand as evidence.
However, Lee also claimed on a TV program in 2021, when he was a presidential candidate, that "a part of the group photo was cut out and fabricated."
Kim's family appeared as witnesses at Lee's trial and argued, "There is no way the two were unaware of their relationship when Lee was mayor of Seongnam."
Kim's son said, "My father's funeral was on Christmas Eve, December 24, 2021, and on that day, candidate Lee (who was a presidential candidate) came out dressed as Santa Claus.
"My grandmother, who is in her 80s, saw it on TV and started crying, hitting her chest," he said.
2024/11/22 06:25 KST
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