
Conservative opposition parties, including the People Power Party, are making a concerted offensive to arrest those involved in the suspicion of Rep. Kim Seung-won's 'lobbying for approval of clinical trials'.
When the founder of a pharmaceutical company was sentenced to prison in the second trial in connection with Democratic Party lawmaker Kim Seung-won's suspicions of lobbying for clinical trial approval, the conservative opposition party called for an investigation into lawmaker Kim and for President Lee Jae-myung to take responsibility for personnel management.
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The founder of a pharmaceutical company involved in the suspicions of Democratic Party of Korea Rep. Kim Seung-won's 'lobbying for approval of clinical trials' was sentenced to four years in prison in the second trial and taken into court custody.
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Jo Daun = On the 30th, conservative opposition parties such as the People Power Party launched an offensive, saying, "Now it is Kim Seung-won's turn" when Mr. Kang, the founder of the pharmaceutical company Genencell, who was involved in the suspicion of 'lobbying for clinical trial approval' by Kim Seung-won of the Democratic Party of Korea, was sentenced to four years in prison in the second trial and taken into court custody.
Party spokesman Cho Yong-sul said in a commentary that day, "The second trial court determined that Mr. Kang had asked Rep. Kim for approval of the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety clinical trials through a broker, and also acknowledged that he paid 600 million won (to the broker) in return. The situation has now become one that cannot be dismissed as a mere suspicion."
He said, “We must carefully check what the 600 million won actually is, how the request was made, and what Rep. Kim’s role was in the process, and thoroughly reveal whether there was any additional power intervention in the solicitation process.” He added, “There is no sanctuary before the law. Rep. Kim must explain himself to the public.”
Five-term lawmaker Na Kyung-won said on Facebook, "Now the arrow of the investigation must be directed to the destination of the solicitation and the true nature of power-type lobbying," and emphasized, "We must thoroughly investigate not only Rep. Kim, but also the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, related brokers, fund flows, and suspicions of external pressure."
Rep. Na pointed out, “What would have happened if Rep. Kim, the ‘indictment cancellation errand boy’, had become the Minister of Justice?” and added, “President Lee Jae-myung must also be held accountable for his personnel appointments. If the President did not know, he was incompetent, and if he tried to push ahead with it despite knowing, he was deceiving the people.”
Independent lawmaker Han Dong-hoon argued, "The appellate court clearly recognized that the 600 million won received by Ms. Yang, a broker at the Room Salon younger sister, from Mr. Kang was compensation for her 'brother' Kim Seung-won lobbying the Minister of Food and Drug Safety for poison drugs," and added, "Today, with the court arrest of Kang, the door has been opened for the 'oppa's poison lobbying special investigation.'"
At the same time, he added to Kim Min-seok, the leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, "Chairman Kim, who said, 'The more I see him, the better he gets.' Please say something."
Previously, he led the attack on related suspicions during the personnel hearing.
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