National Power Party's floor leader Song Yeon-sik led legislators to guard the party headquarters and refused to hand over the list of party members to the special investigation team!
On August 18, Song Yeon-sik, chairman of the National Power Party's emergency response committee and floor leader, stated that in response to the special investigation team's seizure search, they would move their office to the party headquarters and stay on duty through the night.
After an emergency meeting of legislators held today at the National Assembly in Yuseong, Seoul, Song Yeon-sik said: "The special investigation team is attempting to conduct a seizure search of the party headquarters, trying for the first time to rob the National Power Party's list of party members. Therefore, starting from now, we will move the chairman's office to the party headquarters and carry out emergency night watch."
"Our National Power Party legislators have also resolved to properly form a group to guard the party headquarters before the last day of the seizure search warrant. The legislators' meeting has decided that we absolutely cannot hand over the list of party members."
The Min Kyung-rye Special Investigation Team, which is investigating suspects such as Kim Gyeong-hee's "public promotion entry" and "request for the Unified Church by the monk Geun-jin," sent investigators to the main duty room of the National Power Party in the National Assembly building this afternoon and presented a search warrant, requesting the provision of the list of party members and the list of Unified Church members.
The National Power Party, including Lee Ji-young, a member serving as vice secretary-general, and Go Gwi-jae, a member serving as chairman of the party's legal advisory committee, met with the investigators and expressed their position that they could not execute the seizure search warrant.
Go Gwi-jae, chairman of the National Power Party's legal advisory committee, said: "They also requested the provision of contact information and resident registration numbers of all party members, the dates when they joined and left the party, and the account numbers used for paying party fees as party members."
Previously, on the 13th, the special investigation team executed a seizure search warrant at the National Power Party headquarters, but due to the opposition of the National Power Party legislators and duty staff, the situation ended after about 14 hours of confrontation.
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