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[사회]”Kim Man-bae gave an extra 300 million to a middle-aged journalist”… The circumstances of the media takeover attempt

“Hankyoreh newspaper reporter who received 600 million won, received another 300 million won”
‘Money transaction with Kim Man-bae’ Hankyoreh reporter fired
The editor-in-chief of Hankyoreh followed by the president resigned afterwards
Following the world of media, the suspicion of lobbying in the legal profession is re-examined


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The prosecution, which is investigating where Kim Man-bae, a major shareholder of Hwacheon Daeyu, spent Daejang-dong development profits, is known to have seized on the situation that another 300 million won was transferred to a newspaper reporter with confirmed records of financial transactions amounting to 600 million won.

People around Mr. Kim also said that Mr. Kim tried to take over the media before the Daejang-dong project was completed, but it was ultimately interpreted that it was not a countermeasure to prevent articles unfavorable to him.

This is reporter Jeong Hyun-woo.

[기자]

Currently, the reporters who confirmed suspicious transactions in Kim Man-bae’s fund-tracing process are senior reporters from three newspapers.

Among them, the prosecution is known to have caught the situation where a reporter from Hankyoreh newspaper, who explained that he borrowed 600 million won from Mr. Kim in 2019, received another 300 million won at the same time.

The Hankyoreh newspaper apologized and announced that it had decided to fire the journalist.

The editor-in-chief, as well as the CEO and other executives, have decided to step down.

As the suspicion of Daejang-dong’s lobby spreads to the media, testimony relating to Mr. Kim is also being reviewed.

Typical examples are that Mr. Kim gave 1 million won every time he played golf with nearby reporters and that he tried to take over two media companies before Daejang-dong’s profits were distributed.

A media outlet designated as the acquisition target explained that last year, Mr. Kim expressed his desire to meet with the management at the time through a third party, but did not respond.

The prosecution is able to carefully examine whether there are criminal charges.

However, he also said that the situation in which Mr. Kim also targeted journalists was no different from the suspicion of the so-called “5 billion club”.

Inside and outside the indictment there is an analysis according to which to investigate illegality it is necessary to confirm the fact that the work-related article, i.e. the article to be written in exchange for a money transaction, has been blocked or the article was written in a beneficial way.

[최단비 / 변호사 (YTN 출연) : 현재 검찰에서는 대가성을 보고 있는 겁니다. 언론사 같은 경우에는 보통은 배임수재라고 해서 공무원이 돈을 받았을 때는 뇌물인 것이고 일반 사람들이 대가성을 가지고 받았을 때는 배임수재가 됩니다.]

There is a possibility that the spark from this investigation will fly into the legal profession.

In the past, attorney Nam Wook said during the prosecution’s investigation, Mr. Kim played golf countless times with judges and prosecutors and gave him a one million won settlement.

He said he heard that the developer, who opposed the combined development of Daejang-dong 1st Industrial Complex and Seongnam City as a real legal lobby, lost the case.

Mr. Kim, who was summoned again by the prosecution after the past 6 days, is still silent.

This is YTN Jeong Hyeon-woo.

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