The special counsel investigating Kim Keon-hee said it will summon Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon and "political broker" Myung Tae-gyun separately for a face-to-face questioning at 9 a.m. on Dec. 8. On the 4th of the same month, it plans to summon first lady Kim Keon-hee's mother and older brother for questioning.
On the 23rd, deputy special counsel Kim Hyung-keun said at an afternoon regular briefing, "In connection with Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon's political funds, we plan to summon Mayor Oh on Nov. 8 in the morning and conduct a face-to-face questioning with Mr. Myung."
Mayor Oh is accused of receiving 13 unpublished opinion polls from Mr. Myung during the 2021 Seoul mayoral by-election and, in return, having 33 million won paid on his behalf to businessman Kim Han-jung. In connection with this, Mayor Oh was questioned by prosecutors on May 25. Mayor Oh was said to have denied the allegations at the time.
At the National Assembly's Public Administration and Security Committee audit of the Seoul Metropolitan Government on the day, Mayor Oh denied allegations of involvement in the "Myung Tae-gyun gate," calling Mr. Myung "a person adept at lying."
Deputy special counsel Kim said, "In connection with the 'Yangpyeong Gongheung District preferential treatment allegations,' first lady Kim's mother Choi Eun-soon and older brother Kim Jin-woo are also scheduled to be summoned at 10 a.m. on Nov. 4." This will be Choi's first time being questioned by the special counsel. The Yangpyeong Gongheung District preferential treatment allegations concern claims that Choi's family company ESI&D received favors, such as not paying development charges, while carrying out an apartment development project in the Yangpyeong Gongheung District from 2011 to 2016.