The special investigation team led by Min Joong-ki is summoning Lee Bong-kwan, chairman of Seohee Construction, again today (2nd) in relation to the ‘NATO tour necklace’ given to First Lady Kim Kun-hee.
The special investigation team announced that they would recall Chairman Lee at 2 p.m. today to complete the signing of documents and conduct additional investigations that were left unfinished yesterday.
Chairman Lee appeared before the special investigation team at 10 a.m. yesterday as a suspect, but was unable to review the documents due to health issues, such as high blood pressure, and left the investigation room after 7 hours.
Chairman Lee is suspected of giving a Van Cleef & Arpels necklace worth about 60 million won to Mrs. Kim in March 2022, shortly after the presidential election.
Last month, a written confession was submitted to the special investigation team by Chairman Lee’s side, stating that they delivered a total of three luxury ornaments worth around 100 million won, including the necklace, directly to Mrs. Kim as they requested a favor related to Park Seong-geun, the former Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister, who is the husband of the chairman’s eldest daughter.
Former Chief Secretary Park also appeared before the special investigation team for questioning at 2 p.m. yesterday.
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