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Prosecutors investigating the ‘Songnam FC sponsorship allegation’ have started to secure related data, such as an e-mail sent by the then Seongnam FC president to Lee Jae-myung, the leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, who was the mayor of Seongnam at the time.
The Seongnam Branch of the Suwon District Prosecutor’s Office this morning secured the email sent to Lee by the former Seongnam FC representative, Kwak Seon-woo, using his personal email account in 2015 through a random submission method.
Former CEO Kwak, who was questioned three days ago as a witness, said, “When Lee Jae-myung was the president of Seongnam FC in 2015, Seongnam Mayor Lee Jae-myung ordered, ‘I don’t know soccer very well, so discuss everything with the head of the office and make a decision. ” was stated with the intent of
It is also known that he said, “I thought that Director Jung was the owner’s agent.”
Jeong Jin-sang, who is known as an aide to Lee Jae-myung, was the head of the Seongnam City Policy Office at the time, and is currently the head of the Political Affairs Coordination Office of the Party Representative’s Secretariat.
In the e-mail secured by the prosecution this time, former CEO Kwak said, “Some employees, including the marketing director, skip me and contact Jinsang Jeong directly.
In order for me to show leadership, it is said that I should be the person who contacts Jung.”
The allegation of ‘Seongnam FC sponsorship’ is that while CEO Lee Jae-myung was the owner of Seongnam FC during his time as Seongnam Mayor, he attracted 16 billion won in donations from companies such as Doosan E&C, Naver, and CHA Hospital, and these companies received convenience such as building permits and land use changes. no see.
Former CEO Kwak served as the second president of Seongnam FC for one year from 2015, when the sponsorship contract with these companies was signed.
Prosecutors believe that Director Jeong, who is close to Lee, has actually been running Seongnam FC. An additional search and seizure was conducted.
The suspect listed in the search and seizure warrant yesterday was CEO Lee Jae-myung, who was charged with ‘third-party bribery’ under the Special Act.
In relation to this, former CEO Kwak said in a recent call with MBC, “Except for the account seizure and search for the past three years when the police conducted an investigation, they have never called me to investigate.” It was surprising that it ended without complaint,” he said.
Still, he said, “I do not know at all about the allegations of donations that the prosecution is investigating or the part of the incentives for specific employees.”