(1)Prosecutors investigating the 5 billion club are expected to step up their investigation after former lawmaker Kwak Sang-do, who is under controversy over his son’s severance pay of 5 billion won, was acquitted.
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(2)Lee Joon-chul, a senior judge at the Seoul Central District Court, acquitted Kwak, who is suspected of receiving 5 billion won in his son’s severance pay from the Daejang-dong party on the 8th.
(3)This is because the retirement allowance of 5 billion won was considered excessive in social norms, but there was no reward.
(4)As the court’s first ruling on lobbying political relations between the Daejang-dong and the ruling was acquitted, it seems difficult to prove the charges of the prosecution’s 5 billion club figures.
(5)The prosecution presented evidence based mostly on the statement of the same party leader, including transcripts of Jeong Young-hak, to prove Kwak’s allegations.
(6)However, the court did not recognize the transcript as evidence to prove Kwak’s bribery charges. This is the result of the legal principle that professional statements that state what they have heard from third parties are not recognized.
(7)Therefore, if the prosecution investigating 5 billion clubs, including former Supreme Court Justice Kwon Soon-il and former special prosecutor Park Young-soo, fails to provide evidence to support the transcript, it will be difficult to be convicted.
(8)The prosecution strengthens its investigation to clarify the truth of the 5 billion club.
Let’s not increase the number of investigators, but make a reasonable decision.