{"id":2200471,"date":"2023-03-23T08:00:25","date_gmt":"2023-03-22T23:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koreapro.org\/?p=2200471"},"modified":"2023-04-05T16:07:52","modified_gmt":"2023-04-05T07:07:52","slug":"opposition-leader-indicted-over-development-corruption-scandal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koreapro.org\/2023\/03\/opposition-leader-indicted-over-development-corruption-scandal\/","title":{"rendered":"Opposition leader indicted over development corruption scandal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prosecutors <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/en.yna.co.kr\/view\/AEN20230322001051315?section=news\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">indicted<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> main opposition Democratic Party (DP) leader Lee Jae-myung without detention on Wednesday on charges of violating the Act on Breach of Trust, Conflict of Interest Prevention and Corruption Prevention under the Act on the Aggravated Punishment of Specific Economic Crimes and the Act on Bribery and Concealment of Criminal Proceeds under the Act on the Aggravated Punishment of Specific Crimes during his time as Seongnam mayor from 2016 to 2018. Prosecutors accused Lee of causing damages of up to $375.4 million (489.5 billion won) to the Seongnam city government by approving the Daejang-dong development project structure that was advantageous to private businesses while he was mayor. Prosecutors also accused Lee of leaking insider information, such as the schedule of the Daejang-dong development project, business method, plan to open the Seopangyo Tunnel and contents of the competition guidelines to private contractors through his aides, so that they would collect $603 million (788.6 billion won).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saying that the indictment was \u201cnot surprising at all,\u201d Lee denied all the allegations. He branded the investigation as politically orchestrated by the Yoon Suk-yeol administration to remove a \u201cpolitical enemy.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Why It Matters<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lee Jae-myung <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/koreapro.org\/2023\/02\/south-koreas-opposition-leader-avoids-arrest-but-his-party-isnt-celebrating\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">avoided<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> arrest over bribery allegations after a narrow parliamentary vote last month. Article 44 of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/elaw.klri.re.kr\/eng_service\/lawView.do?hseq=1&amp;lang=KOR\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ROK Constitution<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> states that incumbent lawmakers cannot be arrested or detained without the National Assembly\u2019s consent while the legislature is in session. 139 lawmakers voted against his arrest, while 138 voted in favor. However, Lee will still be summoned to court to face those charges. As a result, neither Lee nor the DP will compromise to accommodate the ruling People Power Party (PPP), as they will attempt to block as much of President Yoon Suk-yeol\u2019s legislative agenda as possible.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u200b\u200bNewly-elected PPP leader Kim Gi-hyeon <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/en.yna.co.kr\/view\/AEN20230315005751315?section=news\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">met<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with Lee earlier this month to strengthen bipartisan cooperation on livelihood issues. However, Lee\u2019s indictment and Yoon\u2019s unpopularity over the forced labor issue deal he made with Japan probably means that parliamentary cooperation between the major parties will be unlikely.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-tags\"><a href=\"https:\/\/koreapro.org\/tag\/domestic-politics\/\"><span class=\"tag\">Domestic Politics<\/span><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prosecutors indicted main opposition Democratic Party (DP) leader Lee Jae-myung without detention on Wednesday on charges of violating the Act on Breach of Trust, Conflict of Interest Prevention and Corruption Prevention under the Act on the Aggravated Punishment of Specific Economic Crimes and the Act on Bribery and Concealment of Criminal Proceeds under the Act [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10407,"featured_media":2200472,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[27],"class_list":["post-2200471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-briefings","tag-domestic-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - 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