Rep. Kim Gi-hyeon of the Folks Energy Get together (PPP) delivers opening remarks at a legislative public listening to on the Ulsan Worldwide Backyard Expo invoice on the Nationwide Meeting in Seoul, Nov. 20. Yonhap
A particular counsel crew raided the house of Rep. Kim Gi-hyeon of the primary opposition Folks Energy Get together (PPP) on Wednesday over bribery allegations involving former first woman Kim Keon Hee.
Particular counsel Min Joong-ki’s crew mentioned its investigators searched Rep. Kim’s house to collect proof associated to a luxurious reward allegedly given to the previous first woman two years in the past.
The crew can be trying to raid Rep. Kim’s workplace on the Nationwide Meeting.
The lawmaker’s spouse, surnamed Lee, is suspected of delivering a Roger Vivier clutch bag value 2.6 million received ($1,760) to Kim quickly after Rep. Kim was elected the PPP chairperson in March 2023.
The search and seizure warrant obtained by the particular counsel crew reportedly lists Rep. Kim as an confederate within the alleged anti-graft legislation violation by Lee.
The clutch bag was found on the former first woman’s house, together with a thanks letter written by Lee, through the particular counsel crew’s raid on Nov. 6.
The crew suspects that Kim colluded with a shaman to recruit about 2,400 Unification Church members to the PPP to assist Rep. Kim within the celebration management race and the reward was given in return for the assist.
Rep. Kim has acknowledged the supply of the reward however denied the bribery allegations, saying it was finished simply out of social courtesy.
