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Han Dong-hoon Releases Kim Seung-won Recording, Raises ‘Poisonous Drug Lobby’ Allegation

From Chosun Ilbo · () Korean

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  • Independent lawmaker Han Dong-hoon released a recording involving justice minister nominee Kim Seung-won and Yang, a broker linked to a clinical-trial approval request.
  • Han said the recording contradicted Kim’s side, which had described a meeting with Yang as accidental, while the Democratic Party called the issue a political attack.

Independent lawmaker Han Dong-hoon released a recording that he said challenges Kim Seung-won’s explanation of his alleged contact with a broker involved in a request to approve a new drug clinical trial.

The recording reportedly captures a conversation involving Kim and Yang, the broker linked to the case. Han used it to dispute Kim’s side, which had explained that Kim and Yang had “run into each other by chance.”

We ran into each other by chance.

· Kim Seung-won’s sideThe explanation Han challenged with the recording’s discussion of arranging a meeting.

Han argued that the recording instead contains discussion about arranging a meeting. He presented the material as evidence supporting what he called a “poisonous drug lobby” allegation.

The Democratic Party rejected Han’s claims as a political attack. It said the matter was one that even prosecutors under the Yoon Suk Yeol administration had been unable to indict, and argued that the recording did not justify the renewed allegations.

The Yoon Suk Yeol government’s prosecutors could not even indict in this matter.

· Democratic PartyThe party’s response dismissing Han’s disclosure as a political attack.
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Originally published by Chosun Ilbo in Korean. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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