You Are Defended - Chapter 639



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Episode 639

“Lawyer, it’s been a while.”

The place where I met Kim Chan-young was a small villa in southern Gyeonggi Province.

This place was purchased by a cousin who had received a lot of help from Kim Hwa-young, and Kim Chan-young said that he also occasionally visits this place to organize his thoughts.

Before sitting down in front of me, he looked out the large window and tilted his head as if he found it strange.

“There’s no way the lawyer would come in with something strange. Is that car yours?”

He pointed to Taesik’s car circling around the villa.

“Oh, it’s my bodyguard.”

“Are you still working with bodyguards? Even if Ko Sang-jun is crazy, it has already been revealed that he tried to kill you multiple times. And he’s even a special prosecutor, so wouldn’t he do something so crazy?”

“That’s right. So now I’ve lowered the security level a bit. Just follow me in another car, get rid of the tailing that follows me wherever I go, and just prevent any accidents that might occur.”

“So that’s why it keeps going like that. Don’t worry. Even Go Sang-jun doesn’t know about this place.”

Kim Chan-young sat across from me and opened his mouth.

“You finally did it, lawyer.”

“what?”

“George Ko Sang-jun. To be honest, when I first approached the lawyer, I wondered if he could really handle it, but I never thought this day would actually come. I think he stood in the right line. I even opened a bottle of champagne on the day Ko Sang-jun was arrested.”

[truth]

I am not doubting Kim Chan-young.

He has contributed so much that we wouldn’t have been able to get this far without him.

However, since we don’t contact each other that often, I don’t know much about what’s going on with Kim Chan-young.

He’s not the type to open up about things like that to me.

I wonder if something might have changed his mind while we were out of contact.

In particular, it is said that Go Sang-jun was very sorry that his child was not his first wife’s child.

I thought I’d check it out.

“Don’t be happy yet. You’ve just been arrested.”

“That’s true. Kim Soo-chan and Park Won-ho, those two guys are the real loyalists. It’s really… … to think of turning that around… Well, if they hadn’t turned it around, they would have been pressured to commit suicide. Maybe they still are.”

It is not surprising that whenever a big shot in politics or business gets caught by the prosecution and suffers a great deal of humiliation, his close associates often commit suicide.

“We’re going to search and seize the strategy room once more.”

“Aha. So you’re asking me to give you information on where the evidence was hidden?”

Kim Chan-young smiled brightly and pushed a thick file in front of me.

“I thought you would ask me when the investigation headquarters came to search the case, but I thought it was strange because you didn’t say anything. Did you do that on purpose? You were going to wait until I figured out where all the evidence was hidden and then steal it when the special prosecutors searched the case.”

“There’s that, and there’s another reason.”

If he had received help from Kim Chan-young at that time, he would have definitely been in danger.

When requesting a search and seizure warrant, the scope of the search and the items to be seized must be set.

Any evidence found and seized outside this scope, no matter how conclusive, is considered illegally collected evidence.

Before the investigation headquarters began its search and seizure, Wooshin would have moved the evidence outside the strategy room.

To obtain a warrant for such a place, there needs to be a tip-off.

But, didn’t we already use the name of someone inside the strategy room to reveal the identity of the codename NP and BB1?

If there was another story about someone inside the strategy room leaking information, Wooshin would put all his effort into finding the truth.

No matter how careful Kim Chan-young was, if Woo-shin, who had experienced two problematic situations, decided to look for it, it would not have escaped detection.

“Oh, there’s something I want to check.”

“What is it?”

“When we went to search and seize Ko Sang-jun’s house, the strategy room knew right away as soon as the warrant was issued, right?”

“of course.”

“Do you know where I got the information?”

“I don’t know about that, but I heard this story early in the case. In the past, news came in quickly from the court. But this time, the three judges in charge of warrants at the Central District Court and the public relations judge all said they were having a hard time because they didn’t take the money. They tried to use their relatives and even their eighth cousins ​​to get them, but it didn’t work.”

“Really? That’s fine.”

If it wasn’t leaked from the court, it was leaked from within the special prosecution team.

I opened the file that Kim Chan-young had handed me and started reading it.

“It’s novel that the legal team leader hid stock ledgers in someone else’s name on the floor of his nephew’s house.”

“Only someone as close as a nephew or niece would be out of the suspicion.”

The documents in the file were stamped with a red handle with care stamp.

Each piece of evidence had a fairly specific location recorded on it.

In addition to the Strategy Room, Woosin Fire, and Woosin Life, there are more places to search and seize.

“Unfortunately, only Kim Soo-chan, the custodian of Ko Sang-jun’s safe, knows the location of the slush fund ledger.”

“Kim Soo-chan?”

“Yes. I heard that the slush fund ledger contains all the money that was distributed here and there, including to the political world. The strategy office estimates that less than half of it can be traced back to the fictitious account transaction history stolen from Ko Sang-jun’s house. Since it was given in cash, it would be difficult to find evidence the older the information is. But if you find it, you can find out everything.”

“How much is the portion?”

“A box or so. I saw that myself. They loaded it into the car before Kim Soo-chan turned himself in.”

“Did you check the license plate number?”

“They did, but it’ll be hard to track them down. They must have changed cars a lot.”

Kim Chan-young turned over the file I was holding and showed me the photo inside.

“I was thinking of calling Kim Soo-chan in for questioning soon, but I guess I’ll have to leave this alone for a while.”

“why?”

“If we interrogate you while shoving this photo in, you’ll be exposed. If we look at the CCTV footage in the parking lot, it’ll show that you were nearby at that time.”

“ah.”

“You should also come out of the office soon. This seems to be a document that only a very select few within the Strategy Office have access to.”

“But there are about 15 of them. You won’t be able to pinpoint me that quickly. I also use a separate phone when I contact the lawyer.”

“It won’t take that long. How about we go to the United States where Kim Hwa-young is before it gets dangerous?”

“Yes, that’s right. I’ve prepared everything and packed my bags lightly. If I want to leave, I can leave tomorrow. When are you going to apply for a search and seizure warrant?”

“After you leave the country. You’re canceling the flight right now in front of me.”

Kim Chan-young laughed in vain at my words.

“I haven’t applied for ESTA yet. I can’t enter the United States.”

“Do you have a favorite travel destination?”

“Travel destination? Uh… … Italy?”

“Then let’s just go to Italy. Rest there, apply for ESTA, and then go in once the screening is over.”

Kim Chan-young sighed and opened his laptop.

Then I went to the airline site and started looking for a flight ticket.

“There is a departure at 5pm tomorrow.”

“There’s also an 8 a.m. tomorrow. Let’s call it a day. I’ll go home now, get ready, and be at the airport by 5.”

“No, then I have to go to the airport without being able to sleep.”

“Sleep on the plane.”

“… … .”

“Hang up, quick. Don’t you have any money? Hang up with my card?”

“Do I have no money? Oh, really… … .”

“I’ll send an employee to the airport to check if you’re really going.”

Kim Chan-young finally bought a ticket to Italy.

He showed me a window confirming that the payment was complete and then closed his laptop.

“When I first saw you, lawyer, I thought you were a heartless, merciless person who would just use people.”

“You’re the type of person who has no compassion or compassion and just uses people, but you’re a prosecutor and a lawyer?”

“There are many people like that. Anyway, I didn’t know that the lawyer would try to protect me this much. To be honest, if Ko Sang-jun had an extramarital affair, I could suck out every last bit of his blood.”

“Why should I suck your bone marrow?”

“I just wanted to say again that I was a good judge of person. Thank you.”

Kim Chan-young smiled at me.

A subtle smile that seems to be a mixture of a sense of liberation and an unknown emotion.

I’ve been watching Kim Chan-young for a long time, but this is the first time I’ve felt this way about him.

“I am more grateful. You have worked hard.”

“… … It feels really strange to hear the words ‘thank you’ from a lawyer. Please do it one more time.”

“why?”

“No, please… … . I graduated from Summa Cum Laude, right? I feel very similar to that time. Please do it one more time quickly.”

“no.”

Why are there so many people who want to be praised by me?

* * *

The next day, I gathered all the dispatched prosecutors except Park Young-gi, Kim Jong-seok, and Lee Ye-jin into the conference room.

“Take out your phone and put it on the desk.”

The inspectors looked puzzled and then placed their cell phones on the desk.

“There’s something I’d like to confirm.”

“What point… … .”

“As you may know from hearing about the situation during the last search and seizure of Ko Sang-jun’s house, he had received the news in advance and was destroying the evidence.”

“… … .”

“It took 15 minutes for the special investigation team to leave the special investigation office and arrive at Ko Sang-jun’s home. This happened even though Ko Sang-jun himself was not notified.”

The inspectors seemed to know what I was talking about.

In an instant, his expression hardened.

“Even the reporters knew that the special investigation team was heading to Ko Sang-joon’s house. It was not a speculative article, but a confirmed article. When I checked who had published the first report, it turned out to be a reporter from the Ilbo, who was standing in front of the special investigation team’s office. However, as soon as the special investigation team investigators heard the news, they got into their cars right away and had no time to contact the reporters.”

The reason why the Ilbo chose to report on the house search and seizure is clear.

The purpose is to claim that he learned of the search and seizure through articles, not through the money that Wooshin had given to politicians.

“I think it’s because someone among the dispatched prosecutors reported to the prosecution in real time as soon as the warrant was issued.”

The inspectors exchanged glances with surprised expressions at my words.

Then one person opened his mouth.

“Special Prosecutor, I apologize for interrupting your speech. If the Iljoong Ilbo published the first report, we can consider other possibilities even if it is not us. It is entirely possible for investigators to provide information by phone or text. Even if they are not inside the special prosecution team, they could have leaked it to the court.”

“Is that so? So, does that mean that everyone here didn’t report to the prosecution that a search and seizure warrant was issued for Ko Sang-jun’s house?”

Park Young-ki, Kim Jong-seok, and Lee Ye-jin have already proven their abilities.

If what the prosecution said is true, there are no other people besides these seven.

“yes.”

[truth]

As the inspector answered confidently, words appeared above his head.

It was Hong Seung-ho of the Western District Prosecutors’ Office who was in the conference room yesterday.

As he answered, the others naturally began to answer as well.

“yes.”

All but one were true.

I looked at him.

Since I already knew, it was to pressure me to answer nicely.

“The reason I insisted on strict security on the day the official investigation began is because it is taken for granted that the dispatched prosecutors report the results of the special investigation to the prosecution.”

“… … .”

“However, our special investigation team is investigating the suspicion that Woo Shin illegally lobbied politicians. So far, it has been revealed that there were people within the prosecution who frequented the restaurant. That is why this special investigation team must pay special attention to security.”

I looked around at the inspectors and said.

“I think everyone here will be confident enough to confirm the call list since they said they didn’t report it to the prosecutors.”

“Special Prosecutor, that is… … .”

“I don’t need another list. Just show me the call records from the time the warrant was issued to the time the Iljoong Ilbo reporter made the first report. That should solve the privacy issue. But the suspect and the receiver will feel uncomfortable. I hope that the relationship of trust is not broken from the beginning of the investigation.”

Since everyone has their phones out, any action other than unlocking and swiping up on the screen means the list is being cleared.

All the inspectors would have known that fact.

It’s possible that the list was cleared in advance, but I think it’s unlikely.

I wouldn’t have hidden something that I thought was obvious, and I don’t think you would have thought that I would come forward and check the list just a few days after starting the investigation.

“… … .”

As Hong Seung-ho began to unlock his phone screen, the other inspectors also began to unlock their screens one after another and swipe up.

I started checking too.

At that moment, I stopped in front of the prosecutor’s cell phone, which had false letters hanging above its head.

[Sender: Geum Jeong-hwan, Chief Prosecutor of Southern District Prosecutors’ Office]

Of course it exists.