Special Counsel to Question People Power Party's Kim Hee-jung Soon... Withdraws Witness Examination Request

People Power Party Floor Leader's Office Staff Questioned Over Alleged Obstruction of Martial Law Vote

On April 29, at a preliminary meeting of the People Power Party's "SK Telecom Consumer Rights and Personal Information Protection Task Force" held at the National Assembly, Kim Hee-jung, a member of the People Power Party and the chairperson of the task force, is speaking.

The special prosecutor team led by Cho Eunseok, which is investigating allegations of interference in the National Assembly’s vote to lift martial law, is expected to question Kim Hee-jung, a member of the People Power Party, in the near future.

On October 17, special prosecutor Park Ji-young stated at a regular briefing, "We are not saying that we will summon her for questioning," and added, "The purpose is to conduct an investigation and obtain her statement, so we will fully take into account the wishes of the person being questioned regarding the method and schedule of the investigation."

Assemblywoman Kim expressed her intention to cooperate with the investigation to the special prosecutor team the previous day, and as a result, the team withdrew its request to the court for pretrial witness examination.

On the same day, the special prosecutor team questioned Mr. Lee, a senior deputy director in the floor leader's office of the People Power Party, as a reference witness. Mr. Lee has been working in the floor leader's office since the tenure of former floor leader Chu Kyung-ho.

Recently, the special prosecutor team has been summoning People Power Party officials to determine the circumstances under which former floor leader Chu convened lawmakers at the party headquarters during the period of martial law.

The special prosecutor team suspects that last year, former floor leader Chu and others, at the request of former President Yoon Suk-yeol’s side, obstructed other lawmakers from participating in the vote to lift martial law by repeatedly changing the location of the party’s general assembly.