Considering the Same Defendants... Assigned to Corruption Specialized Criminal Division 33
The Baekhyeon-dong development suspicion case involving Lee Jae-myung, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, has been assigned to the court handling the Daejang-dong and Wirye development preferential treatment suspicion cases. However, the court has not yet decided whether to consolidate the cases for trial.
Lee Jae-myung, the leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, who is under suspicion of preferential treatment in the development of Daejang-dong and Wirye New Town, is attending a trial at the Seoul Central District Court in Seocho-gu, Seoul on the 6th. Photo by Kang Jin-hyung aymsdream@
The Seoul Central District Court announced that the Baekhyeon-dong case against Lee, indicted by the prosecution on the 12th, has been assigned to the Criminal Division 33 (Chief Judge Kim Dong-hyun). On the same day, the prosecution requested the court to consolidate the Baekhyeon-dong preferential treatment suspicion case with the Daejang-dong and Wirye cases while indicting Lee without detention.
The Criminal Division 33, specializing in corruption cases, is currently handling the Daejang-dong and Wirye New Town development corruption and Seongnam FC sponsorship fund suspicion cases against Lee, which were indicted in March.
The court explained that both cases occurred during Lee’s tenure as mayor of Seongnam, with similar criminal facts involving channeling development profits to developers or brokers, and the defendant being the same person.
Lee is accused of granting preferential treatment to private developers during the Baekhyeon-dong development project in Bundang-gu from April 2014 to March 2018 while serving as mayor of Seongnam, enabling them to monopolize profits of 135.6 billion KRW and causing at least 20 billion KRW in damages to the Seongnam Urban Development Corporation, which was excluded from the project.
© The Asia Business Daily(www.asiae.co.kr). All rights reserved.
