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Amid suspicions of billions of coin transactions, Kim Nam-guk, a lawmaker who left the Democratic Party of Korea, is under suspicion of lobbying by the P2E (Play to Earn) game company 'Wemade.' However, voices are emerging that he has been cleared of lobbying allegations as Kim's office was not included in Wemade's National Assembly access records disclosed by the National Assembly Secretariat. Nevertheless, Wi Jeong-hyun, president of the Korea Game Society who first raised suspicions of lobbying by the P2E industry in the National Assembly, said, "There is no need to lobby Kim," indicating that lobbying suspicions still remain.
On the 26th, President Wi said on CBS's 'Kim Hyun-jung's News Show,' "(Lawmaker Kim) already holds WEMIX as a profit-sharing community, so why would they lobby him?"
According to the Wemade access records disclosed by the National Assembly Secretariat the day before, Wemade visited the offices of People Power Party lawmakers Yoon Chang-hyun, Jung Hee-yong, and Heo Eun-ah, as well as Democratic Party lawmakers Yang Jeong-sook, Kim Han-gyu, Kim Jong-min, Oh Ki-hyung, and Kim Sung-joo from September 2020 to last April. Kim Nam-guk's office was not recorded. Based on this, Lee Kyung, deputy spokesperson of the Democratic Party, stated, "Wemade has been cleared of lobbying allegations."
However, President Wi said the characteristic of the access records disclosed this time is that "(Those who are strongly opposed or strongly supportive) do not go at all, and those who can be persuaded or need to be persuaded are the ones who go."
He explained, "Looking at the list (of access records) this time, there are some very interesting features. They do not go to people who will not listen. For example, a representative case is the office of Democratic Party lawmaker Lee Sang-heon, who proposed a bill regulating 'probability-type item draws,'" adding, "Also, they do not go to offices like that of People Power Party lawmaker Ha Tae-kyung. They do not go to people who are completely unresponsive. This was clearly shown."
This can be interpreted as Kim belonging to the 'strongly supportive' group and thus not visiting.
President Wi explained that Kim's investment pattern follows a 'pre-listing purchase, post-listing high-point sale' form. He said, "Kim actually opened the gate and put it in, and I was actually shocked. Looking at Kim's investment pattern, he buys before listing, then sells at the peak or sometimes sells when the price drops slightly from the peak."
However, in the case of WEMIX, which rose from 200 won to 29,000 won, Kim sold at 12,000 won, which was explained by rumors that WEMIX could reach 100,000 won. President Wi said, "It can be seen as waiting for it to rise again (to the 100,000 won level)," adding, "But for other coins like MarvelX, once it rose and hit the peak, they immediately disposed of it."
Although a law mandating lawmakers to report their coin assets passed in the National Assembly the day before, President Wi expressed "great disappointment," saying, "I thought a full investigation of the National Assembly would be possible. Our office has no lawmakers or any coin holdings among the staff. But neither the ruling nor opposition parties are doing this," he criticized.
He pointed out that whether aides hold coins should also be disclosed. He said, "Many lawmakers do not know much about IT, coins, or games because of their age. Often, aides just give them the information, and they just read it. Some lawmakers might have been unfairly treated," he added.
After raising suspicions of lobbying by the P2E game industry in the National Assembly, he was sued by the game industry and revealed that he also received death threat emails. He said, "A long email came. It contained very brutal threats, which we have not disclosed externally. It said things like 'I will deal with your neck,' 'I will deal with your family,' and even specified the building I am in and said they would bring a gun. These were very specific threats," he said.
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