Im Sung-geun’s call history from July 28 to August 9 revealed
Phone calls with the President’s security office, VIP fury rumor, and conversations with Ju Jin-woo and Cho Tae-yong on the day of the rumor,
Im Sung-geun, former commander of the 1st Marine Division (right), answering questions from committee members at the National Assembly’s Legislative Judiciary Committee hearing on the special investigation bill on the Cha Sun-byoung case last month. On the left is former Marine Corps investigation division chief Park Jung-hoon. Yonhap,
, ‘In the phone records of Im Sung-geun, former commander of the 1st Marine Division, it was revealed that there were no records of group conversations involving the so-called “lifeboat lobby” suspicion raised by Lee Jong-ho, the former CEO of Black Pearl Investment Management.’,
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, ‘The Kyunghyang Shinmun obtained the phone call and text message records exchanged between former commander Im from July 28 to August 9 last year. These records were obtained by the military court presiding over the trial of Park Jung-hoon, former head of the Marine Corps investigation division, from the telecommunication company. However, no records were found indicating that Im contacted Lee, the former CEO, or someone from the President’s security office.,
, ‘Recently, lawyer Kim Gyu-hyun reported the contents of phone calls with the “Marine Corps braggarts” group chat members to the High-Ranking Officials’ Crimes Investigation Office. According to the recorded conversations,, Lee, the former CEO, said in a phone call with lawyer Kim Gyu-hyun on August 9 last year, “I will speak to the VIP and oppose Im’s resignation.” Lee claimed that he did not engage in lobbying and only boasted. Im also denied having any contact with Lee or Son during the time when the Cha Sun-byoung incident surfaced.,
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, ‘The military court also submitted call logs from the number ’02-800-7070’, a general phone number for the President’s security office, from July 31 last year. On that day,, then-National Security Office Director Cho Tae-yong and Assistant Legal Secretary Ju Jin-woo had a phone conversation. At 11:09 a.m. on July 31 last year, the user of this number called Director Cho and talked for 32 seconds.,
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, ‘Around 11 a.m. that day, a meeting was held where President Yoon Suk-yeol, then the chief foreign affairs and security advisor, reportedly scolded officials, saying, “If even a Marine Corps commander is punished for this matter, who will be willing to take up that role?” This incident is believed to be the center of the fury rumor.’,
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, ‘At 11:43 a.m., the user of this number talked to the chief secretary for about 31 seconds. Ten minutes later, at 11:54 a.m., the user called the then-Minister of National Defense, giving them a 2 minute 48 second phone call. Between 11 a.m. and noon, various key personnel from the National Security Office, Legal Secretary, and Minister of National Defense had phone conversations via the general phone number for the President’s security office.’,
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, ‘After talking with the user of this number, the former Minister called Brigadier General Kim Gye-hwan, who serves as his chief of staff, on his assistant’s phone immediately. It was alleged that he instructed to postpone the police referral on the Cha Sun-byoung case and cancel the scheduled afternoon media briefing. On that morning, Im, who had been excluded from his duties until then, returned to his post.’,
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, ‘However, it was not confirmed who actually made the call from this number. KT stated that the customer’s name for this number was the President’s security office and answered that it was also used by the Democratic Party’s representative Park Geun-taek. According to KT, the number was deactivated the day after it was reported on May 29 last year that the President conversed with the former Minister three times on August 2 and was reactivated the same day.’,
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, ‘Ju Jin-woo, a politician from the opposition party, declared, “I clearly state that I did not have any conversation with anyone regarding the honorable Marine case, and I had no involvement whatsoever.” He added, “It has been revealed that no related call logs were found even after a comprehensive search by the public prosecution service.”‘]