297 Chapter 291 (1/2)

Hyunwoo was so shocked to hear the news that he was just absent-minded. Why would Munsik commit suicide when he was doing alright until yesterday?

Of course, he had some reasons.

His company was suffering continuing losses in communications and oil refinery, which were the mainstays of Singyoung. As the main culprit of the losses was its lack of compet.i.tiveness, there was no possibility that it could catch up with its rivals.

To make matters worse, he was under severe pressure because of the prosecutors' investigation of his involvement in the malpractices of the resources diplomacy. After all, he couldn't overcome such pressure and chose to end his life.

And several days later, there was an article about the more specific reason for Munsik's suicide.

In short, his suicide was like a hunter killing a dog after hunting.

Munsik was Korea's most notorious honey bee. He grew his company through lobbying rather than developing its technology.

When the problems surrounding him became serious, those politicians who backed him up until then began to desert him. He called several politicians for help, but it was all in vain.

The prosecutor's office a.n.a.lyzed three days of his phone records before his suicide. According to the prosecutor's office, he continued to contact political big shots right before he committed suicide.

But there were none he succeeded in contacting. Most of them didn't answer his call. In short, they clearly expressed their intention that they were not willing to help him.

That was the biggest factor that drove Munsik into taking his own life.

But Munsik left behind a detailed memo in which he wrote down the names of politicians who got political funds and kickbacks from him

The prosecutor's office focused on uncovering the political figures who were Munsik lobbying targets. They all received political funds from Munsik.

As expected, there were many influential politicians on the list. Among them was the inc.u.mbent prime minister and a governor who was formerly a National a.s.semblyman.

Former strongman of the ruling party, Chulmo Kim, and his replacement Jungmin Hw.a.n.g were also included on the list.

But there was something strange happening.

The prosecutor's office was dragging its feet on the investigation. They didn't want to touch only ruling party members but also opposition lawmakers.

The reason was pretty clear, which even the people knew.

”Every politician received his kickbacks.”

”Who is going to investigate them unless the prosecutor is ready to stick his neck out?”

The prosecutor's office continued to investigate some of the named politicians but didn't show any active determination to continue the investigation. They just dragged their feet.

Hyunwoo felt that the investigation should not stop like that. He thought it was a golden opportunity to drive out the corrupt politicians on this occasion.

He could not sit idle. He had to find any excuse to make the investigation go on.

As he was such a layman in politics, Hyunwoo could not figure out what to do.

After he agonized about it for several days, he called congressman Wonju Ha.

”Mr. Ha, we can't afford to let this golden opportunity slip like this, can we? What can I do to winnow out these corrupt politicians?”

Ha didn't give any good answer.

In fact, Ha was trying his best in the National a.s.sembly. Despite many fellow lawmakers' objections, he strongly called for a thorough investigation of the Munsik Choi list.

Some young lawmakers supported him.

But they were a minority, compared with the majority opposing them. Not only Chulmo Kim and Jungmin Hw.a.n.g but also other powerful politicians tried to minimize and cover up the Choi incident. The president also supported their efforts.

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Some opposing strongmen threw their support behind the corrupt politicians. Though these politicians of the ruling and opposition parties fought against each other in the past, they expressed one voice when it came to the Choi incident.

No matter how hard Mr. Ha tried to defeat their efforts, there was no chance of his fighting against such odds.

But there was nothing Hyunwoo could help him. Hyunwoo heard politicians and businessmen had inseparable ties, and now he realized that n.o.body could even interfere with them.

In the meantime, Chulmo Kim kept a low profile.

Since the s.e.x scandal involving him and the tragic woman Yonji Cho who committed suicide, he barely kept his seat in the National a.s.sembly. This time, however, the resource diplomacy scandal was sweeping across the country.

If he was entangled in another controversial issue, that would mean the end of his political life.

Then, Jungmin Hw.a.n.g came to see him.

Actually, he had bad feelings about Hw.a.n.g because the latter replaced him as the strongman of the ruling party while he was losing his power.

But he couldn't refuse Hw.a.n.g's offer to meet.

”Haha, come on in!”

”Thanks for welcoming me like this.”

”It's a difficult time for all of us. We should help each other.”

Both of them instantly found a kindred spirit in each other. They worked together to avoid the typhoon of the resource diplomacy scandal.

After all, they found the solution.

The key to the solution was held by Mr. Wonju Ha.

If he kept silent on the scandal, they could get away with it successfully.

So, they decided to propose a compromise.

Ha could not refuse it. If he continued to refuse it, he would have to fight with all other politicians except for him.