Lee Jin-sook, the Chairperson of the Korea Communications Commission, who is under suspicion of misusing a corporate credit card for personal purposes during her tenure as the president of Daejeon MBC, appeared at the police station on the 5th in the status of a suspect and was interrogated. This summons took place a year after Democratic Party lawmakers belonging to the Science, ICT, Broadcasting, and Communications Committee reported the Chairperson to the police in July of last year.

Upon entering the Yuseong Police Station in Daejeon around 4 p.m., the Chairperson responded to reporters' questions about whether she acknowledged the allegations by claiming, "Bringing me in now for something that happened 10 years ago is highly politically motivated."

Lee Jin-sook, the chairperson of the Korea Communications Commission, who is suspected of misusing a corporate credit card during her tenure as the president of Daejeon MBC, is present at the Yuseong Police Station in Daejeon on the 5th, responding to reporters' questions. /Courtesy of Yonhap News Agency

She continued, "Recently, didn't Prime Minister Kim Min-seok become the prime minister without submitting any materials at the hearing? I have never used the corporate credit card for personal reasons, so I confidently disclosed information, and in that sense, I have regretted it a lot. There is a political motive behind this."

She said, "The reason I came out for the investigation today was that I was worried about whether the police were not investigating and whether they were giving special treatment to Lee Jin-sook, especially after seeing articles about it. I thought that they hadn't called me because there was no evidence against me, but with the change of government, I can't help but think that they are trying to put pressure on Lee Jin-sook for some reason."

The Chairperson is accused of causing damage to the company by using a corporate credit card for personal purposes while serving as the president of Daejeon MBC from March 2015 to January 2018, which constitutes a breach of duty.

Citizen groups, including the National Union of Media Workers and the Citizens' Coalition for Democratic Media, also claimed that there is strong evidence that the Chairperson used the corporate credit card for personal purposes and reported her to the prosecution.

Earlier, the police conducted a search and seizure of Daejeon MBC and places where the corporate credit card was used to verify the usage records. It is reported that today, they will confirm the places and purposes of the credit card usage with the Chairperson.

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