It was revealed that the prosecution only searched for keywords related to Democratic Party lawmakers during the 'Genencell case' investigation, leading to claims that the transcript of alleged lobbying was edited.
This suggests the possibility that the investigation's purpose was a planned investigation targeting a specific political party.
The Genencell case began with suspicions related to FDA approval, but criticism has been raised that the prosecution's investigative methods had political intentions rather than focusing on the essence of the case.
A transcript post uploaded by lawmaker Han Dong-hoon on Facebook in the past is being re-examined. This post is related to the incident where lawmaker Kim Seung-won was implicated as a party in lobbying suspicions at the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety.
A comparative analysis of the edited version and the original transcript will be conducted to determine whether lawmaker Han Dong-hoon intentionally manipulated the transcript.
This edited content is analyzed as an attempt to frame lawmaker Kim Seung-won as being involved in special interests worth hundreds of billions of won.
The original transcript contains details of Yang Su-jin explaining the Genencell COVID-19 treatment case to lawmaker Kim Seung-won.
Yang Su-jin was in the context of mentioning the public benefit aspects of treatment development and delays in FDA approval, requesting assistance from lawmaker Kim Seung-won.
The original transcript showed FDA staff requesting, "Please let this happen," supporting the approval. Yang Su-jin mentioned the possibility of supplying the treatment at a lower price compared to foreign countries, explaining the situation to lawmaker Kim Seung-won and proposing a meeting.
This reveals that it was not a mere lobbying attempt, but a request for help for the public-interest development of a treatment.
Yang Su-jin even mentioned additional funds expected by October 15, indicating smooth progress in investments.
In other words, it appears he was referring to lobbying as a common phenomenon in the new drug development industry.
However, in the transcript released by lawmaker Han Dong-hoon, this explanation of the FDA's internal 'den of iniquity' structure was removed, distorting the context of the remark.
This strongly suggests that lawmaker Han Dong-hoon selectively extracted and edited parts favorable to him to make lawmaker Kim Seung-won appear negative.
This appears to be a reasonable process for discussing the reasons for the FDA approval delay.
Lawmaker Kim Seung-won's actions were not due to Yang Su-jin being a 'good junior' but because he personally verified the 95% recovery data from hamster experiments. This was done under the premise of preventing national wealth outflow and promoting the domestic production of treatment.
As a member of the National Assembly, his handling of the civil complaint was analyzed as being carefully conducted based on data.
Lawmaker Han Dong-hoon briefly edited the transcript, emphasizing only the phrase 'can earn hundreds of billions,' thereby removing the entire context of the conversation. This led the entire nation to mistakenly believe that lawmaker Kim Seung-won was leading the lobbying to make money.
This is a malicious edit with removed context, raising suspicions of an intention to portray lawmaker Kim Seung-won as a lobbyist.
However, lawmaker Kim Seung-won only reviewed materials at the request of a junior colleague.
At the time, COVID-19 treatment approval was an urgent national task, and the 'hundreds of billions' frame presented by the prosecution was irrelevant to the expected profits or investment returns of the treatment.
At that time, reporters covering the prosecution during the Yoon Suk-yeol administration reappeared and exhibited such reporting behavior.
This is similar to how reports reminiscent of the 'rice paddies watch incident' were circulated through progressive media.
If successful lobbying had occurred, there should have been continuous calls for money requests, etc., but the absence of such traces contradicts the lobbying allegations. Instead, it was revealed that after February 2023, Yang Su-jin primarily communicated with People Power Party politicians.
There's no way there wouldn't be calls after February 2023. They would have to keep meeting, 'Give me money,' 'Why no donations?' None.
This suggests that the prosecution itself judged that there was insufficient evidence for the lobbying allegations and that it would not hold up.
The complete absence of communication and financial transactions between lawmaker Kim Seung-won and Yang Su-jin after 2023 also supports the prosecution's judgment.
Answers come from the transcript, with the exact spot cited.
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