During the Democratic Party's candidate screening in April 2022, Kang Sun-woo advised former Seoul city councilor Kim Kyung to organize 'interview questions' and send them to Kim Byeong-gi, who was the secretary of the candidate management committee. This information was confirmed in a court ruling.
The circumstances suggest that Kim Byeong-gi may have been involved in the alleged corruption surrounding the illegal political funds exchanged by Kim Kyung.
According to legal sources on the 15th, the Seoul Central District Court's Criminal Division 1, presided over by Judge Lee Chun-geun, included this information in its ruling on the first trial regarding the political fund law violations involving Kang and Kim Kyung.
The court determined that Kang received 100 million won in cash from Kim Kyung in exchange for assisting with his candidacy and disclosed the contents of their phone conversation from April 2022.
In the recorded conversation, Kang told Kim Kyung, 'Kim Byeong-gi asked me to send him a message on Telegram, not KakaoTalk, saying, 'Please ask me this tomorrow.' He suggested that if there were any questions related to real estate or anything else he wanted to ask, it would be good to organize them and send them to Kim Byeong-gi via Telegram.' At that time, Kim Byeong-gi was serving as the secretary of the Democratic Party's candidate management committee.
Kang also hinted to Kim Kyung about the questions asked of other candidates who had already completed their interviews, saying, 'I noticed that they were asking a lot of those questions today.'
The court noted, 'Although there were three applicants for the Democratic Party's candidacy in the first electoral district of Gangseo-gu, Kang Sun-woo provided various advice to Kim Kyung to help him secure the nomination, including informing him of questions already posed to other candidates and instructing him to relay those questions to Kim Byeong-gi.'
The court identified this as strong evidence that Kang received 100 million won in cash from Kim Kyung in exchange for facilitating his candidacy.
* This article has been translated by AI.
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