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Source: Global Times

[Global Times Comprehensive Report] According to Yonhap News Agency, the Anti-Corruption Investigation Division 2 and the Criminal Investigation Division 1 of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office reported on the 21st that South Korea's first lady Kim Gun-hee was summoned on the 20th. Relevant agencies conducted a non-public investigation into her suspected manipulation of Deutsche Auto's stock price and violation of the Anti-Corruption Law by accepting branded bags. It was reported that this was the first time that the prosecutors summoned Kim Gun-hee for investigation. The prosecutors said that the investigation started at 1:30 pm on the 20th and ended at 1:20 am on the 21st, taking about 12 hours.

The Korea Times website said on the 21st that the Supreme Prosecutor's Office of South Korea was not aware of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office's summons for investigation of Kim Kun-hee in advance. An official from the Supreme Prosecutor's Office of South Korea said: "Neither Chief Prosecutor Lee Won-seok nor any prosecutor from the Supreme Prosecutor's Office knew about the summons for investigation. The Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office only notified us when the interrogation was about to end." The report said that for more than half a year, the scandal involving the first lady Kim Kun-hee has been the focus of debate in South Korean politics, which is also one of the reasons why the ruling People's Power Party and its satellite parties suffered a crushing defeat in the parliamentary elections in April.

The Korea Times mentioned that the summons to Kim Gun-hee came at a time when the Democratic Party and other opposition parties were considering and deciding at the National Assembly Legal and Judiciary Committee meeting that Kim Gun-hee would be a witness at the public hearing on the "Petition to Impeach Yoon Seok-yeol" on July 26. It is reported that during the hearing, she will be questioned about the allegations against her. The People's Power Party said that the investigation was conducted strictly in accordance with the law and that the Democratic Party was "trying to abuse the case and turn it into a political dispute."

The Democratic Party said that the prosecutors had never summoned Kim Gun-hee for many years, but they suddenly questioned her before she was about to attend a public hearing decided by the Legislative and Judicial Committee of the National Assembly. "Does this mean that Kim Gun-hee is above the law?" South Korea's "Fatherland Reform Party" said that the prosecutors were "staging a political show to clear Kim Gun-hee of charges." (Xiao Tong)