Prosecutors raided the headquarters of the main opposition Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) and the home of one of party leader Lee Jae-myung s closest confidants Wednesday over suspicions that he received bribes from real estate developers.
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When prosecutors were investigating key officials at Seongnam Development Corp. last year for alleged corrupt business deals with property developers in the past, Lee Jae-myung, the city s former mayor, denied close ties with any of them. Speaking to reporters on Oct. 3, 2021, Rep. Lee, now the chief of the main opposition Democratic Party of Korea (DPK), had said that only a few people, such as Kim Yong and Jeong Jin-sang, deserved to be called his “close aides.”
The main opposition Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) is striving to protect Chairman Lee Jae-myung, who is in the crosshairs of prosecutors investigation of a land development scandal in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, threatening to boycott President Yoon Suk-yeol s scheduled administrative speech this week if there is no apology for, in the DPK s words, “the suppression of the main opposition party.” “We urge President Yoon to apologize to the public and the National Assembly for his suppression of the main opposition party,” DPK floor leader Park Hong-keun said during a press conference, Sunday. “If there isn t at least an apology to rebuild trust, the DPK will not be able to tolerate Yoon s administrative speech.”