2024-08-17
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[Global Times Comprehensive Report] According to the Korea Herald on the 16th, the bank accounts of former South Korean President Moon Jae-in and his wife were investigated because of their former son-in-law.
The Korea Herald quoted a legal source as saying that the Jeonju District Prosecutor's Office recently obtained a search warrant from the court to trace the financial accounts of Moon Jae-in and his wife to investigate whether Moon Jae-in and his wife helped their former son-in-law Xu in the case of "special benefits when he joined Thai Eastar Jet". The purpose of the prosecution's investigation is mainly to find out when and how much living expenses Moon Jae-in and his wife provided to their daughter Moon Da-hye's family, and when they stopped providing them.
Moon Jae-in and his wife, file photo
The Korea Herald reported that in March 2018, Lee Sang-jik, a former lawmaker from the Democratic Party of Korea, was appointed as the head of the South Korean government-funded Small and Medium Enterprises and Startups Agency, and in July of the same year, Seo, who had no experience in the aviation industry, joined Thai Eastar Jet, founded by Lee Sang-jik, as a senior executive. This raised questions about whether the presidential office was involved in the airline's recruitment of Seo.
South Korean prosecutors believe that Moon Jae-in and his wife's daughter, Moon Da-hye, had no fixed income for a period of time, and Moon Jae-in and his wife had provided living expenses for their daughter's family. However, after the former son-in-law Xu started working at Thai Eastar Jet, they stopped providing living expenses. Prosecutors believe that if the living expenses originally provided by the parents are transferred to Thai Eastar Jet when the children are unable to make a living independently, this money can be regarded as a bribe from Lee Sang-jik to Moon Jae-in.
The lawsuit investigation was reportedly filed with prosecutors in September 2020 by the then main opposition party, the People's Power Party. Since the lawsuit was filed, prosecutors have been investigating whether there was any exchange of interests between Lee Sang-jik's public appointment and Xu's work at the airline. The Korea Herald mentioned that Moon Jae-in's former son-in-law Xu has been questioned as a witness three times this year, but refused to testify in court each time. South Korean prosecutors are considering changing Xu's status to a suspect. (Xiao Tong)