South Korea’s main opposition party calls for independent commission to investigate corruption case

Oct. 21 (EUROPA PRESS) –

Lee Jae Myung, leader of the Democratic Party (DP), the main opposition party in South Korea, has called this Friday for the formation of an independent commission to investigate a real estate corruption scandal involving people he trusts.

However, the ruling party of South Korea, the People’s Power Party (PPP), led by current President Yoon Suk Yeol, has rejected this possibility, according to the state-run Yonhap news agency.

The leader of the South Korean Democratic Party has made this proposal after prosecutors have requested an arrest warrant against Kim Yong, his right-hand man, for allegedly receiving 847 million won (about 600,400 euros) in opaque funds from the real estate.

Yoo Dong-gyu, former interim president of the Seongnam Development Corporation, involved in the urban project and accused of corruption, told investigators that he gave Kim this amount from private real estate developers.

The South Korean Justice is investigating whether this money was used to finance Lee’s presidential campaign in the elections of the opposition formation in November, in which he competed against his rival, Yoon Seok Youl, the other candidate for the Presidency of South Korea. South for the Democratic Party.

Lee, who was mayor of Seongnam, south of Seoul, and governor of South Korea’s most populous province, has denied committing any crime, while several people close to him have faced a police investigation for this. corruption case.