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BackNa Kyung-won, “If you follow Genencell, you will be connected to the ‘Daejang-dong’ cartel”… KH Feelux mentions large investment
Na Kyung-won, “If you follow Genencell, you will be connected to the ‘Daejang-dong’ cartel”… KH Feelux mentions large investment
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Na Kyung-won, “If you follow Genencell, you will be connected to the ‘Daejang-dong’ cartel”… KH Feelux mentions large investment

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  • The People Power Party raised suspicions of preferential treatment in the clinical approval process for Genencell's COVID-19 treatment in relation to the suspicion of Justice Minister candidate Kim Seung-won's solicitation of a new drug, and Rep.
  • Na Kyung-won claimed that behind Genencell are KH Feelux and KH Group, and that a cartel connected to the Daejangdong Gate and illegal remittances to North Korea exists through this, and also announced that it would not be able to appoint Minister of Gender Equality and Family Minister Yong Hye-in.

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The People Power Party is demanding a thorough investigation, raising suspicions of preferential treatment in the clinical approval process for Genencell's coronavirus treatment in relation to the suspicion of Justice Minister candidate Kim Seung-won's solicitation of a new drug.

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Na Kyung-won, “If you follow Genencell, you will be connected to the ‘Daejang-dong’ cartel”… KH Feelux mentions large investment

Yong Hye-in said, “She is not qualified to be a minister or a member of the National Assembly… She should be expelled from politics.”

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Park Soo-yoon = The People Power Party continued its campaign to disqualify Minister of Justice Kim Seung-won, who is suspected of soliciting new drugs, on the 6th, saying, "This is an issue that requires a thorough investigation."

In a commentary on the day, senior floor spokesperson Choi Soo-jin pointed out about Genencell, a COVID-19 treatment company that forwarded the complaint to Representative Kim, saying, "Genencell's clinical trial approval for COVID-19 treatment was approved in 33 days, less than half the average of 71 days for companies under the same conditions. Despite the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety's request to supplement 14 items, approval was granted two weeks after a call between candidate Kim and the Minister of Food and Drug Safety."

He continued, "What's even more serious is that Genencell submitted data to the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety while hiding data related to side effects, such as hamster death, and the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety granted clinical approval based on false data. This led to stock sales, and the ants suffered great damage due to the rise in the stock price of the purchased company S."

He emphasized, “Furthermore, during the investigation, circumstances were discovered where Candidate Kim, the solicitation broker, and the warrant judge at the time were hanging out together,” adding, “These are specific circumstances that are difficult to explain with just the explanation that Candidate Kim simply relayed a civil complaint.”

Chief Spokesperson Choi Bo-yoon also commented, saying, “Candidate Kim is being dragged into suspicions of stock price manipulation by brokers and suspicion of creating slush funds for the Gyeonggi Provincial Party,” and criticized, “All that remains is a comprehensive version of the greed for power, material greed, and that greed, with no public consciousness.”

He said, "There is only one reason to appoint such a person as the head of the Ministry of Justice. He has a history of co-representing the 'Presidential Indictment Cancellation Group'," and insisted, "It is not a failure in verification. It is the original design. It is not a personnel matter. It is an entrustment of the president's case."

In a Facebook post, 5-term lawmaker Na Kyung-won said, “Behind Genencell, which Kim Seung-won tried to take by pressuring the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, is KH Feelux, which has invested a large amount of money. Sang-yoon Bae of the parent company, KH Group, is an economic community entangled with Ssangbangul Kim Seong-tae of ‘illegal remittance to North Korea’ and is an Interpol red wanted person. Moreover, this is a place that always appears whenever the corrupt funds of ‘Daejang-dong Gate’ are traced. KH Group,” he pointed out.

Rep. Na said, "In the end, if we follow the trail of the Genencell suspicion, it will naturally lead directly to illegal remittances to North Korea and a huge black cartel related to President Lee Jae-myung called Daejang-dong Gate," and added, "This is why the Democratic Party, even the leadership, is mobilizing all its members to protect Kim Seung-won and protect him with all his might."

The People Power Party also made it clear that it would not be able to appoint Minister of Gender Equality and Family Yong Hye-in.

Rep. Jo Ji-yeon, a member of the National Assembly Gender Equality and Family Committee, wrote on Facebook, "The leader of the parasite party, who gave up being a public party through self-nomination and self-reappointment, says he will eliminate discrimination and inequality. He is not qualified to be a minister or a member of the National Assembly. He should be expelled from the political world."

Five-term lawmaker Yoon Sang-hyun also said on Facebook, "I couldn't believe my eyes and ears when I heard that there was a year when a member of the National Assembly with an annual salary of over 100 million won did not pay a single penny in earned income tax. As if taking money out of the left pocket and moving it to the right pocket, she paid a large amount of party fees out of her own expenses to the family political party of which she and her husband are the core, and received tens of millions of won in income tax deductions."

What to Watch

AI outlook — possibilities, not facts

  • Suspicions will be dealt with intensively at the National Assembly confirmation hearing for candidate Seung-won Kim.

    Likely · Within days

  • Prosecution investigation into suspicions related to Genencell and KH Group will be conducted

    Possible · Within weeks

Open Questions

  • What actually were preferential treatment during Genencell’s clinical approval process?
  • To what extent did KH Feelux and KH Group invest in Genencell?
  • Specific evidence of connection to illegal remittances to North Korea and Daejangdong Gate

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