"You're making money too?" When asked, "1.5 billion won"… Han Dong-hoon claims, "He knew about hundreds of millions in compensation and lobbied"

Independent lawmaker Han Dong-hoon claimed today (Sept. 9) regarding the allegations that Justice Minister nominee Kim Seung-won solicited approval for a new drug clinical trial, "Nominee Kim knew that if he lobbied the Minister of Food and Drug Safety, broker Yang would receive hundreds of millions of won in compensation from Kang through convertible bond (CB) investments and other methods."

In a Facebook post today, Han stated, "In fact, broker Yang received hundreds of millions of won. Nominee Kim himself should be investigated and punished for bribery, such as third-party bribery. A special counsel investigation is definitely necessary."

As evidence, he additionally released the transcript of a phone conversation between Yang and Kang on September 3, 2021.

In the call, Kang tells Yang, "My shares are locked up under voluntary deposit for a year anyway. Even so, if they raise 30 billion won from that side—whether through existing shares or new shares, we can discuss various methods later—if we do it, creating existing shares can be done together." Kang adds, "For example, if we attract 300 investments and you introduced them, we can give you 5% in accordance with the Attorney-at-Law Act."

When Yang asks, "You're making money too?", Kang explains, "Then it's 1.5 billion won. Then it becomes a capital increase for your personal company." Kang continues, "I deliberately didn't mention the commission to you because it's a personal matter. But usually, if it exceeds 10 billion won, it's 3%, and if it's around 5 billion won, it's 5% for the commission."

Regarding this, Han stated, "Nominee Kim lobbied knowing that if he lobbied the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, broker Yang would take 800 million to 1 billion won in the form of CB investments," and also presented the transcript of a phone conversation between broker Yang and former Senior Secretary for Political Affairs Choi Jae-sung in October 2021.

The transcript contained remarks where Yang told former Secretary Choi, "I told Nominee Kim, 'If investment is successfully attracted, Professor Kang said he would issue CBs and invest about 800 million to 1 billion won in our company as well. So please help us.'"

In response to Democratic Party leader Kim Min-seok's criticism suspecting "cooperation with prosecutors" regarding his successive disclosures of transcripts, Han pushed back by stating, "I will take legal action against leader Kim Min-seok for spreading false information. I have never received anything resembling data from the prosecutors, so I will hold leader Kim strictly accountable for his baseless lies."

He also fired back, saying, "Even if the 'New Millennium NHK room salon Kim Min-seok oppa and other Democratic Party oppas' try to deflect, the fact of the Democratic Party oppas' poison lobbying does not disappear."
 
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