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In connection with the "money bag suspicion" at the
Democratic National Convention, Rep. Lee Sung-man, who is suspected of being involved in the delivery of money, appeared before the prosecution as a suspect. The lawmaker said he did not give any money and said he would prove his innocence in the prosecution's investigation.

This is reporter Kang Min-woo.

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37 days after the
prosecution's forcible investigation into allegations of money bags at the Democratic National Convention, independent Rep. Lee Sung-man became the first sitting lawmaker implicated in the allegations to appear before the prosecution.

The lawmaker said he would approach the prosecution's investigation with sincerity and dignity to prove his innocence, and he hoped that the prosecution would not come to a conclusion based on a pre-arranged script.

[Rep. Lee Sung-man/Independent: We will resolutely oppose any attempt to illegally leak unconfirmed facts and inflate suspicions to condemn them as a court of public opinion.]

Prosecutors suspect that Lee was involved in distributing envelopes of money to the regional head of the election camp for the purpose of electing Song Young-gil, the former chairman of the Democratic Party, who has denied the allegations.

[Rep. Lee Sung-man/Independent: I don't give any money, I don't give it to you.]

Prosecutors plan to call independent Rep. Yoon Kwan-seok, who is suspected of involvement in the process of delivering envelopes of money to lawmakers, as a suspect as early as next week.

Prosecutors believe that the 9 million won envelopes were delivered to three groups, including an active member of Congress, a regional headquarters manager, and a regional situation room manager, and it is known that the "recipient group" who received the money envelopes was also identified to a large extent, and the investigation into the active members of the MDP is expected to continue to expand.

(Video Interview: Kim Nam Nam, Video Editing: Park Jung-sam)