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Ruling Party Figures Including Song Young-Gil Visit Lee Hwa-Young at Detention Center in Succession Amid Complaints over '5th Year Imprisonment'

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Lee Hwa-young, former Gyeonggi Province Vice Governor for Peace who is serving a prison sentence for the Ssangbangwool remittance to North Korea case, met with Democratic Party figures including Representative Song Young-gil and expressed strong dissatisfaction with his imprisonment, which has continued for five years. His legal team claims that the prosecution manipulated the investigation and is strongly demanding that Party Leader Lee Jae-myu…

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Former Gyeonggi-do Peace Governor Lee Hwa-young, who has been convicted and is in prison on charges of conspiring with the Double Bubble Group remittance case, publicly requested parole from President Lee Jae-myung. Lawyer Kim Kwang-min, the former lieutenant governor's counsel, posted a post on Facebook on the 7th, saying, “After concluding that the remittance case to North Korea was manipulated, it really

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Lee Hwa-young, former Gyeonggi Province Vice Governor for Peace who is serving a prison sentence for the Ssangbangwool remittance to North Korea case, met with Democratic Party figures including Representative Song Young-gil and expressed strong dissatisfaction with his imprisonment, which has continued for five years. His legal team claims that the prosecution manipulated the investigation and is strongly demanding that Party Leader Lee Jae-myu…

Lee Hwa-young, former Vice Governor for Peace of Gyeonggi Province who is currently imprisoned after his sentence was finalized in the Ssangbangwool remittance to North Korea case, publicly expressed his dissatisfaction and demanded parole from President Lee Jae-myung.

Former National Assembly member Cho Eung-chun used the term "atonement," noting that signs of a recent rift are appearing between former Gyeonggi Province Vice Governor for Peace Lee Hwa-young, who is currently imprisoned for the Ssangbangwool North Korea remittance case, and President Lee Jae-myung. At around 4:01 PM on the 7th, former lawmaker Cho posted a message titled "Atonement" on Facebook, pointing out the situation in which former Vice…

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The legal team representing Lee Hwa-young, former Vice Governor for Peace of Gyeonggi Province whose 7-year and 8-month prison sentence was finalized for the Ssangbangwool remittance to North Korea case, has called on President Lee Jae-myung for parole. Attorney Kim Kwang-min, representing former Vice Governor Lee, stated in a phone call with the Seoul Shinmun on the 7th, “Former Vice Governor Lee feels disappointed with President Lee because he…

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Seoul Shinmun (서울신문) broke the news on Wednesday, October 7, 2026.
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