Special prosecutor Park Young-soo, who Attacked the Legitimacy of Former President Park Geun-hye’s administration with Evidence-less Bribery Charges, is Accused of Bribery

2021-7-5, PennMike [TRANSLATION]

Special Prosecutor Park Young-soo (박영수), who is responsible for sending former President Park Geun-hye to prison for 22 years for charges of bribery, when Park did not receive any money, is now caught up in bribery allegations.

In connection with the recent scandal of Mr. Kim, a fishery businessman in Pohang, which is causing a huge stir in political and media circles, Special Prosecutor Park Young-soo admitted on July 5^th that he had used a premium foreign car, a Porsche, through Mr. Kim.

The fishery businessman in question, Mr. Kim, has been indicted on charges of fraud worth ₩10 billion (~$8.8 million) on charges of making exchanges with politicians, including Park Ji-won (박지원), director of the National Intelligence Service, and former lawmaker Kim Moo-sung (김무성) and providing money to prosecutors, police, and journalists.

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He said, “About three years ago, I first met Mr. Kim through Mr. A, a former journalist, and he was introduced to me as a young businessman working in the fishery industry in Pohang at the time.”

Special Prosecutor Park said, “I rented it [Porsche) for a few days because I was in a rural area. Two days later, the car was returned, and the rental fee of ₩2.5 million (~$2,200) was delivered to Mr. Kim through lawyer B.” [Note: The police has a digital file information that the car was rented through someone else’s name and park did not pay for the rental upon renting it. Perhaps realizing that it is against the law, Park said he paid the rent 3 months later. The police is reviewing whether to charge the special prosecutor Park Young-soo with violating the Solicitation and Graft Act.]

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Source: https://www.pennmike.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=45452

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Special prosecutor Park Young-soo resigns over Porsche allegations

2021-7-7, Newsis [TRANSLATION]

Special Prosecutor Park Young-soo, who oversaw the investigation of the Gukjeong Nongdan, submitted his resignation. [Note: See here for explanation of Gukjeong Nongdan]

A daily newspaper reported that the police secured digital data containing the circumstances in which a fishery businessman, Mr. Kim, rented a Porsche car under his employee’s name for 10 days in December last year and provided it to the special prosecutor Park.

In the report, the police also seized information about the situation in which Kim provided expensive watches and cash to other prosecutors, who were active in the special prosecutor’s team.

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Source: https://www.newsis.com/view/?id=NISX20210707_0001504162