Now, it is 39 days until the presidential election, and JTBC conducted a poll to read the direction of the public sentiment. This time, acting president Han Deok-soo was included in the three-way race for the first time, and he was found to be more competitive than the candidates for the People's Power primary. At the same time, more than half of the negative opinions said, "You should not run," and the results will be analyzed in detail later, and we will start with the news of Kim Gun-hee, who was suddenly announced today (25th).
The prosecution has reversed the conclusion of their innocence in October last year and decided to reinvestigate Kim in connection with the Deutsche Motors stock price manipulation case.
I'm reporter Yeo Do-hyun for the first news.
[Reporter]
It was in October last year that the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office cleared Kim Gun-hee, who was suspected of being involved in Deutsche Motors stock price manipulation.
[Cho Sang-won/Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office (October 17, 2024)] [We decided not to charge the suspect today because it is not considered that the suspect conspired to manipulate the market price with the main offenders, entrusted the management of the account, or traded stocks directly while recognizing or predicting their market price manipulation crime]
In response, the accuser, including lawyer Hwang Hee-seok, filed an appeal to the Seoul High Prosecutor's Office, and the Seoul High Prosecutor's Office decided to investigate again today, about a month before the early presidential election.
Instead of sending the case to the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office, which concluded six months ago that it was not guilty, the prosecution had the Seoul High Prosecutors' Office investigate it directly.
An official at the Seoul High Prosecutors' Office said, "The Supreme Court ruling of the accomplices has been confirmed, so we judged that there is a need for further investigation by those involved."
On the 3rd of this month, the Supreme Court found Kwon Oh-soo, former chairman of Deutsche Motors, guilty of stock manipulation.
Sohn, a "Jeonju" who is a similar case to Kim, who paid for stock price manipulation, was also sentenced to six months in prison and suspended for one year, making the need for Kim's investigation even greater.
However, instead of setting up a separate investigation team, the Seoul High Prosecutors' Office assigned the case to one senior prosecutor, and questions about the prosecution's willingness to investigate remain.
The Seoul High Prosecutor's Office dismissed Kim's appeal in the case of luxury white goods.
[Video editing Park Su-min / Video design Han Young-joo]
Reporter Yeo Do-hyun (yeo.dohyun@jtbc.co.kr )
I'm trying to investigate again, but I'm trying to give you an indulgence
I doubt it's to prevent other investigations.
If we investigate properly, it may be the last chance to regain trust.