Jung Chung-rae, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, ordered the party's ethics inspection team to investigate allegations that Democratic Party lawmaker Kang Sun-woo received goods and money worth 1 billion won from Kim Kyung, then a Seoul city council candidate, during the 2022 local elections.
Park Soo-hyun, the Democratic Party chief spokesperson, met with reporters on the afternoon of the 30th after a closed Supreme Council meeting and said, "Regarding the allegations against Rep. Kang Sun-woo, ethics oversight was ordered on the matter," adding, "Seoul city council member Kim Kyung will of course be included in the investigation process."
However, the chief spokesperson Park said, "Ethics oversight of former floor leader Kim Byung-kee is a separate matter. No ethics oversight was ordered for the former floor leader Kim," adding, "As for ethics oversight of Rep. Kang, the party leader already ordered it in the morning and shared that with the Supreme Council members."
Rep. Kang faced allegations that during the 2022 local election nomination process, an aide received 1 billion won from then-candidate Kim Kyung, now a Seoul city council member. In the process, Rep. Kang confided the fact of receiving money and goods to former floor leader Kim, who at the time was a secretary on the nomination management committee, and the recording was reported by a media outlet.
At a floor countermeasures meeting that morning, the former floor leader Kim expressed an intention to resign, saying, "I, who am at the center of the allegations raised day after day, cannot help but be an obstacle to the Democratic Party and the Lee Jae-myung administration."