Han Dong-hoon, broker text message revealed... Suspicion of lobbying for Ministry of Food and Drug Safety approval raised by mentioning ‘Democratic Party brothers’

Han Dong-hoon's public broker text message mentions 'Song Young-gil and Choi Ui-won'... “Revealing the facts is truly public interest.”

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Lee Jeong-hyun = On the 7th, independent lawmaker Han Dong-hoon disclosed the contents of a text message in which the main character in the case, Broker Yang Mo.

One lawmaker posted a related text message on Facebook that day, saying, “More ‘Democratic Party oppas’ are appearing. Oppa’s poison lobbying gate was the ‘Democratic Party oppas gate.’”

According to the published text messages, Mr. Kang, the CEO of the pharmaceutical company, first sent a message to Mr. Yang on October 8, 2021, saying, "The IND (Inclinical Trial Plan) must be approved before the 19th. Representative, let's meet up when you have some time. Even if it's not for a meal."

Mr. Yang responded, "Rep. Choi, please come to our Samsil (office) tomorrow at 1 o'clock. Right now, Seungwon-op (brother) says he has to quit because of the National Assembly inspection, so I'll pester Rep. Choi. Rep. Song Young-gil is a fox, so you have to give him money to move." Rep. Choi's name was not mentioned.

Then, Mr. Kang requested, "Then, if you meet Representative Choi, please ask him to approve it that week, as all of the supplementary request documents have been submitted to the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety on Tuesday."

Mr. Yang said, "I explained it to Seungwon oppa in the morning. He was the only one who said that it would be an opportunity for me, saying that he expected 1 billion won, but it might not be possible, so he might invest about 800 million won. I checked with two people, but no one said anything, and the only one was Rep. Kim. However, he said it wasn't a fee, but that he would invest."

One lawmaker pointed out, "Since Democratic Party Lee Jae-myeong has decided to forcefully call my brother's poison lobbying a 'public interest' complaint, the public should judge by looking at the text messages whether it is a real 'public interest' complaint or a 'fraud mobilized by Democratic Party brothers.'" He added, "In addition to Seung-won oppa, there are more Democratic Party brothers. There are also stories of 'Congressman Choi,' 'Congressman Kim,' and 'Congressman Song Young-gil,' who criticized me by calling Mr. Yang's lobbying a 'good complaint.'"

He continued, "There is a conversation where it appears that 'Rep. Choi' was also involved in the approval of the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety. It is said that Mr. Yang, the broker, told Candidate Kim that if the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety is approved, Mr. Yang will make a profit of 800 million to 1 billion won," and emphasized, "Disclosure of facts to prevent such a person from becoming the Minister of Justice of the Republic of Korea is a 'real public interest'."