Tag: Yoon Suk-yeol

Prosecutors Cannot Find Any Crimes to Charge Yoon Suk-yeol With

You have to figure since the prosecutors are controlled by the Moon administration that there really isn’t anything they can remotely find that would stick to Yoon:

Lee Jae-myung (left) and Yoon Suk-yeol
Lee Jae-myung (left) and Yoon Suk-yeol

Prosecutors on Tuesday decided to not pursue an investigation into main opposition People Power Party (PPP) candidate Yoon Suk-yeol, diminishing the likelihood that either presidential nominee will have their prospects affected by a prosecutorial probe.  
   
The Seoul Central Prosecutors’ Office said that they decided to drop a probe into allegations that Yoon and his wife, Kim Keon-hee, violated the Improper Solicitation and Graft Act when Kim’s company garnered a great number of sponsors for an exhibition held at the Seoul Arts Center in December 2016 after Yoon was named prosecutor general.  
   
Prosecutors looking into the allegations decided that there were no charges to pursue against the couple because Yoon was still the chief of the Daegu District Prosecutors’ Office at the time of the exhibition, and the anti-graft law does not address actions by a public official’s spouse. 

Joong Ang Ilbo

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Media Wonders When Yoon Suk-yeol’s Wife Will Start Campaigning with Husband

Some people don’t want the limelight and if Yoon’s wife doesn’t want to campaign people should respect that decision:

Kim Kun-hee / Korea Times file

With the main opposition People Power Party (PPP) having officially launched its presidential election committee, the party is now focused on when the wife of its presidential candidate, Yoon Suk-yeol, will join her husband’s campaign.

It has been over a month since Yoon become a candidate, Nov. 5, and less than 100 days are left before the election. But Yoon’s wife, Kim Kun-hee, has yet to make a public appearance in sharp contrast to Kim Hye-gyeong, the wife of Lee Jae-myung, the presidential candidate of the ruling Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) who has frequently accompanied the former Gyeonggi Province governor, and even personally appealed to voters.

Although Yoon said she will make an appearance at the appropriate time, the DPK continues to take aim at Kim due to allegations of illicit behavior surrounding her. Kim has been accused of playing a role in a stock manipulation case involving Deutsch Motors, a BMW car dealer in Korea, and academic plagiarism among others. In addition, she is also haunted by her mother’s conviction in a series of fraud cases. (……….)

Kweon added that Kim was not the kind of person who enjoys the spotlight. 

Im Tae-hee, a senior official of the PPP election committee, also said rather than coming to the fore, she may support Yoon behind the scenes. 

Korea Times

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