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It was confirmed that Lime Asset Management (Lime), a prosecutor who was in charge of investigating the lobbying suspicion of political relations, recently resigned. On the 16th, the prosecutor of the Seoul Southern District Prosecutor’s Office posted a message informing him of his resignation on the prosecution’s internal network. In this article, he said, “I believe that everyone will overcome the terrible situation by taming them in a reform suit,” and “I was always proud and happy because I was a member of the righteous prosecution.” He resigned on the grounds of’personal circumstances’, but it is said that he complained of the pain he was excluded from the Lyme investigation team. The chief prosecutor, who was in charge of the investigation, expressed his appreciation while the investigation of the lobbying suspicion of political relations, which had been accelerating after being investigated by former and current politicians, including Lee Dong-min and Democratic Party lawmakers, was in a state of stalemate for a long time. Since June of last year, prosecutor Choi has been in charge of lobbying suspicions of political relations by directly investigating former Star Mobility Chairman Kim Bong-hyun, the key accused in the case, and Lee Kang-se, who introduced passport personnel to former Chairman Kim. In this process, former Chairman Kim claimed that the prosecution had condemned or threatened the passport lobby statement through an imprisonment letter. Prosecutor Choi was forcibly transferred to the fourth detective in October last year. After that, there was a claim by former Chairman Kim that “we served alcohol to some prosecutors in 2019,” and former Justice Minister Choo Mi-ae initiated the investigation command. Not only Congressman Ki, but also Democratic Mayor Kim Young-chun, Democratic Proportional Representative ㅇ Congressman, and Uri Party deputy spokesman, ㄱ, have been nominated for the lobbying targets of the former Chairman Kim. The Seoul Southern District Prosecutors’ Office announced the results of the interim investigation in December last year and said, “(The suspicion of involvement in political relations) is under investigation.” By Bae Bae-hyun, staff reporter