Prosecution to Summon Chief Representative of Kook Energy

Probing into suspicions over the Russian oil deal by the Korea Railroad (formerly known as Korea National Railroad), Special Investigation Department III of the Seoul Central Prosecutors` Office summoned those involved on April 19, including Gwon Gwang-jin, president of Kook Energy and architect of the project.

Gwon was a large shareholder of Korea Crude Oil (KCO), a company in charge of purchasing a Russian oil company. He has so far claimed that Rep. Lee Gwang-jae (Uri Party) was involved from initial stages of the project.

Gwon answered a question about whether Rep. Lee was involved for the prosecution in the afternoon of that day, saying, “As I’m innocent, there’s no reason that I would falsely take the responsibility.”

Rep. Lee sued Gwon for libel by publication, a case the prosecution assigned to Special Investigation Department Three.

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