Samsung regularly hands money to presecutors

Lawyer Kim Yong-churl also argued that Samsung regularly handed a secret money ranging from W5m to W10m to about 40 senior prosecutors either on New year’s day or Chosuk and for summer holiday.

He said “the restructuring office of Samsung spends about W1 bn a year for ‘managing prosecutors,” and “most of them resist taking the money at first , but later they normally accept it because it is cash and they are assured that taking Samsung’s money will not cause any problem later.”

Roh Hui-chan, lawmaker at Democratic Labor Party, said in the audit session of Supreme Prosecutors’ Office, “Lawyer Kim’s primary role at Samsung was managing the list of prosecutors subject to Samsung’s money,” and “I am confirmed that Catholic Priests Association for Justice (to which Lawyer Kim had ‘conscience confession about the slush fund) secured the list.”

Meanwhile, Prosecutor General Chung Sang-myung said of the issue “I hope we get the list as soon as possible. I have ordered to thoroughly study what Kim said.”

Catholic Priests Association for Justice is set to reveal Samsung internal ‘lobbying direction document’ next Monday. The document, it says, contains the selection of lobbying objects and specific lobbying methods.