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Park's brother testifies in 'memogate' case

July 21, 2015 - 11:59 By KH디지털2

The younger brother of President Park Geun-hye volunteered to appear in court Tuesday to testify for in a case on leaked presidential documents, a few days after an arrest writ was issued to bring him to court.
  

Park Ji-man, the head of EG Corporation, is suspected of having received 17 leaked presidential documents from senior police officer Park Kwan-cheon and former presidential secretary Cho Eung-cheon, who were indicted in January for leaking confidential information in violation of the Presidential Records Management Act.
  

The younger Park volunteered to come to the court after an arrest warrant was issued last week. He had refused to testify as a witness four times.
  

After going under oath, Park answered questions posed by prosecutors and lawyers on the details of his relations and contact with the two defendants.
  

According to the presidential document leaked to the media, Jeong Yun-hoe, who served as an advisor for President Park when she was a lawmaker, held regular meetings with several senior presidential officials. Jeong has never held any official position in the current administration.
  

Prosecutors concluded that Jeong has not met with any presidential aides since October 2013 to receive briefings on state affairs.
  

There have been rumors the younger Park and Jeong had been conducting a veiled feud over who would be the heavyweight in Park's administration. (Yonhap)