The incident of South Korea’s “First Lady” Kim Gun-hee accepting a brand-name bag attracted the attention of South Korean media. On May 4 this year, South Korea’s Attorney General Lee Won-seok issued instructions to the Seoul Central District Prosecutor’s Office, requesting the formation of a special investigation team to investigate the incident of Kim Jianxi receiving a brand-name bag. According to Yonhap News Agency, South Korea's "Chosun Ilbo" and other Korean media quoted legal sources on the 15th, 's presidential administration official Liu, who has been assisting Kim Jianxi, was investigated as a witness by the Criminal Division 1 of the Seoul Central District Prosecutor's Office that day.
reported that Liu explained during the investigation, "(Ms. Kim Jianxi) did receive a brand-name bag during the meeting with Pastor Cui, but she instructed me (Yoo) to return the bag that night." Liu went on to explain that he forgot to return the bag because he was negligent in handling multiple tasks at the same time.
Data map of South Korea’s “First Lady” Kim Gun-hee. Source: Korean media report with picture
"Chosun Ilbo" said that prosecutors are investigating the storage path of the famous brand bag based on this report. According to presidential officials, the bag has been kept in the presidential palace building. Prosecutors plan to further investigate whether Jin Jianxi used the bag and whether he actually gave instructions to return it.
South Korean netizens don’t seem to buy into the statement made by the presidential office official. Many netizens raised questions and said, "This explanation is being proposed now, which really makes people question its credibility." ↓
Some netizens said, "(Things have developed to this point) Are you talking about this now? It seems you really don't understand. Politics. ”↓
Some netizens said that they really think that all citizens are fools and would they easily believe such an explanation?
According to previous reports by Korean media, Kim Jianxi accepted a Dior bag worth approximately 3 million won (approximately RMB 16,000) as a bribe from Choi Jae-young, a Korean pastor in the United States, on September 13, 2022. The relevant video was secretly filmed through the built-in camera of the watch worn by Choi Jae-young, and caused a huge controversy after being exposed. The opposition party asked Yin Xiyue to explain this, but both Yin Xiyue and Jin Jianxi remained silent on the matter at first. It was not until more than two months after the incident was exposed that Yin Xiyue spoke out for the first time, insisting that it was a carefully planned "political conspiracy." He also said that his wife was not "cold and ruthless" enough to refuse the gift.
Source: Global Network/Jiang Ailing
