Actor Lee Young-ae.
Actor Lee Young-ae (50) is known to have paid 5 million won in political support to opposition lawmakers belonging to the National Assembly’s Defense Committee, and there is a controversy over’inappropriate support from stakeholders’.
On the 25th, the Central Election Commission released a list of donors exceeding 3 million won last year. Mr. Lee also donated 5 million won to Democratic Party Rep. Kim Byeong-ju and People’s Power Han Ki-ho, Shin Won-sik. This is the highest amount under the Political Fund Act.
Lee’s husband, Jeong Ho-young (70), is known as the owner of H Company, a mid-sized defense industry. Company H is developing and producing military equipment such as radar special electronic communication equipment. All of the lawmakers supported by Mr. Lee were from military generals and are currently in the National Defense Council. The wife of a business targeting the military provided a large amount of sponsorship to the defense members. The National Defense Agency has the Defense Acquisition Program Administration, which oversees the government’s weapons development and purchase decisions, as its competent audit organization, which is highly misleading.
In 2000, Chung was arrested for donating 50 million won to former Democratic Party member Cheon Yong-taek, who was the chairman of the National Assembly’s defense committee, in exchange for the convenience of military payments. The lawmakers responded that they did not know whether Chung was engaged in the defense industry, and it was a donation that was not related to Chung.
In this regard, Lee Young-ae said, “It has nothing to do with my husband’s defense industry.” “Since Lee Young-ae is a military family, he has a love for the soldiers, so he continued to support the NCO and military families. It has already been 10 years since we took out of business. We also have about 0% stake.”
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