Overview
- At a Friday court hearing, former Unification Church executive Yun Young-ho testified he contacted figures in both major parties between 2017 and 2021 and said he was closer to the DP during that period.
- Investigators said they recorded Yun’s testimony, assigned a case number and obtained his signed statement before initiating a transfer of the matter.
- Prosecutors cited recordings of Yun’s phone calls that referenced contacts with politicians from both the Democratic Party and the People Power Party.
- Yun reportedly told investigators he provided tens of millions of won to a current and a former lawmaker under the Moon Jae-in administration and claimed support for about 15 DP politicians through donations and bulk book purchases.
- The move follows the special counsel’s earlier indictment and detention of PPP lawmaker Kweon Seong-dong over 100 million won in alleged illegal funds, as PPP leaders question probe consistency and DP officials deny unlawful support.