Prosecutor General South Korea ordered: "First Lady" Kim Gun-hee to be investigated!
According to a report from South Korea's "Chosun Ilbo" on the 4th, the newspaper's reporter learned that South Korea's Attorney General Lee Won-seok has issued instructions to the Seoul Central District Prosecutor's Office, which is responsible for investigating the incident of South Korea's "First Lady" Kim Gun-hee receiving a brand-name bag, requesting the formation of a special investigation team Launch an investigation.
According to reports, after Lee Won-seok heard the latest developments in the incident of Kim Jian-hee receiving a brand-name bag on the 2nd, he requested the establishment of a special investigation team to quickly and thoroughly investigate based on evidence and law to find out the truth. The report also stated that the Seoul Central District Prosecutor’s Office also dispatched three additional prosecutors to the task force responsible for the incident.
Korean media previously broke the news that on September 13, 2022, Kim Jianxi accepted a Dior bag worth about 3 million won as a bribe from Korean pastor Choi Jae-young in the United States. Previously, after South Korea’s largest opposition Democratic Party won the parliamentary election, it said it would advance Relating to the "First Lady" Investigation Act. Under this circumstance, South Korean prosecutors accelerated their investigation into the incident.
According to previous reports by Korean media, Kim Jianxi accepted a Dior bag worth about 3 million won in bribes from Korean overseas pastor Choi Jae-young in the United States on September 13, 2022. The relevant video was secretly filmed through the built-in camera of the watch worn by Choi Jae-young, and caused a huge controversy after being exposed.
The opposition party asked Yin Xiyue to explain this, but both Yin Xiyue and Jin Jianxi remained silent on the matter at first. It was not until more than two months after the incident was exposed that Yin Xiyue spoke out for the first time, insisting that it was a carefully planned "political conspiracy." He also said that his wife was not "cold and ruthless" enough to refuse the gift.
In an interview with South Korea's KBS TV station, Yin Xiyue said that this video of Kim Jianxi "receiving packages" filmed through a hidden camera in 2022 was exposed before the South Korean parliamentary election, which was a "political means."
When asked whether he planned to appoint a special investigator to investigate corruption among members of the president's family or establish an office of the "first lady's" private secretary, Yoon Seok-yue said that the special investigator should be selected by Congress while his office is He is considering creating an office of "first lady" affairs, but he also expressed reservations about the effectiveness of such measures in preventing such incidents.
Korean media said that spouses of South Korean public officials are not subject to criminal penalties under the Anti-Corruption Law, so it is unlikely that Kim Jianxi will be criminally punished. South Korea's National Assembly has proposed an amendment to include spouses of public officials in the penalty category. However, some public opinion believes that even if it is difficult for Kim Jianxi to be punished criminally, it is inevitable to accept the investigation, because it is difficult for Cui Zaiying to escape the punishment of the Anti-Corruption Law, and the investigation will inevitably involve Jin Jianxi.
If Yin Xiyue is found guilty of violating the Anti-Corruption Law, he may be prosecuted and punished after leaving office. The Anti-Corruption Act stipulates that any public official who fails to report to the head of his agency after knowing that his spouse has received prohibited money or valuables will be punished with up to three years in prison or a fine of 30 million won.
