Singer Lim Chang-jung, who was involved in the case, gave a belated explanation for his remarks while Deok-yeon Ra, CEO of company H, an investment consulting firm, who was identified as the key figure in the stock market crash from SG Securities, was arrested and indicted.
Lim Chang-jung's side made a statement related to the case in writing on MBC's 'PD Notebook', which aired on the 6th. First of all, "It was a charity golf event that I mentioned Mr. La Deok-yeon," and "There were many people who actually made profits by entrusting funds to Mr. La's asset management company, and they said that Mr. La's was a great businessman and investor, so Lim Chang-jeong I just knew it was like that,” he said with luck.
Then, "Lim Chang-jung was in a position to raise an entertainment company that he risked his life on investment, so he wanted to look good to Mr. La. In this situation, Mr. Lim, who took over the microphone as a guest singer, was swept away by the atmosphere and made exaggerated remarks to praise Mr. La." he explained.
In addition, he added, "It is normal for a singer invited to the event to make friendly remarks about the organizers, but Lim regrets and reflects on his exaggerated remarks at the time."
In December of last year, Chang-Jung Lim urged the audience to invest money at an investment meeting hosted by a golf company set up by stock manipulators, drawing criticism.
At the time, Lim Chang-jung compared CEO Ra to a religion and said, "You're doing well. Because that XX who took my money is great." He said, "I'll give you one month until the end of next month. If you don't give me as much profit as you want, I'll disband all of them," he said, "Be great! This is how religion is born."
Lim Chang-jung is currently claiming that he suffered investment damages of 3 billion won by a gang of stock price manipulators. It is known that the stock price manipulators used methods such as regular trading to buy and sell stocks after setting the buying and selling prices in advance.
Those who made about 730.5 billion won of unfair profits were arrested and indicted on the 26th of last month, and the first trial will be held on the 15th.
Reporter Yoon Jun-ho, Ten Asia delo410@tenasia.co.kr