Witness Yu Dong-gyu Absent from Family Funeral… Lee Representative Also Absent,
▲ On the 10th, Lee Jae-myung, the representative of the Democratic Party of Korea, was campaigning for support at the terminal intersection in Yeonggwang-gun, Jeollanam-do. Yonhap News, “The trial of Lee Jae-myung, the representative of the Democratic Party of Korea, on the ‘Daejang-dong suspicion’ has been postponed.”,
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, ‘Seoul Central District Court’s Criminal Agreement 33rd Division (Presiding Judge Kim Dong-hyun) opened the trial on the morning of the 11th, but postponed the trial to the 15th after confirming that witness Yu Dong-gyu, former planning director of the Seongnam City Development Corporation, did not attend.’,
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, ‘It was reported that Yu did not attend the trial on this day to attend a family funeral.’,
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, “Lee, the representative, also did not attend the trial after confirming that Yu was absent.”,
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, ‘Lee was indicted in March last year on charges of approving a favorable structure for private developers in the Daejang-dong development project, causing a loss of 48.95 billion won to the construction, leaking official secrets through his aides, and allowing private developers to pocket 78.86 billion won.’,
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, “The trial chamber, which had been hearing suspicions about the ‘Wiryeseong New Town’ for about a year, started hearing the most extensive part of the Daejang-dong suspicion from the 8th. A total of 148 witnesses are scheduled to testify.”,
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