You Have Been Defended [EN]: Chapter 227

You Have Been Defended – Episode 227

[Lee Se-hyung’s College Admission + Military Exemption Corruption Gift Set]

As planned, Jo Bong-joon and Choi Jong-hyun started broadcasting about Lee Se-hyung’s college admission and military exemption corruption.

Jinseong University, where Lee Se-hyung graduated, is undoubtedly one of Korea’s leading prestigious private schools.

It is a place that any student, and any parent with a student, would admire.

Lee Se-hyung entered Jinseong University with grades that would have made it difficult to even get into a school in Seoul.

This was all thanks to his weapon: being a severely disabled person who couldn’t walk due to paralysis of his lower body.

Therefore, military exemption was also a natural course of action.

“Our reporter Choi Jong-hyun. You graduated from Seoul National University, right?”

“Yes.”

“How much did you study, reporter?”

“I really belonged to the generation that believed in ‘four hours sleep to pass, five to fail,’ so I really studied my butt off with only 4 hours of sleep. If I had to go back to that time now, I would never be able to do it. I gave up a lot while studying. I really had to hold back from wanting to kick a ball around with my friends.”

“Then, if you hadn’t done that much, how well do you think you could have done?”

“Well, maybe I could have gone to a school somewhere in the Seoul metropolitan area?”

Choi Jong-hyun then went on to explain at length how tearfully hard he had studied.

Anyone listening would have thought he was someone from the old stories of studious people who studied by fireflies and snow, or by reading at night.

“I lived in a small room when I was young, but I had to study. I couldn’t turn on the lights and study alone while my family was sleeping, right? So I lit a single candle and relied on that light to study. That’s why my eyesight got worse.”

Choi Jong-hyun pointed to the glasses he was wearing.

[Computer: LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL Overreacting. Studying by candlelight? Get real.

Choi Jong-hyun’s Wig: Anyone listening would think this is a biography of a great person LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL]

“Ah, I’m serious!”

“Okay, okay. Anyway. I worked my butt off and got into Seoul National University. I was a freshman, excited and nervous, and went to my first major class. There was a classmate I met there who couldn’t use his legs because of paralysis in his lower body. So he got in through the special education admissions. But that friend’s grades weren’t good. What would you think?”

“I wouldn’t think anything of it. I think it’s a necessary system. I would just think he had a hard time, and that he’s an amazing person.”

“But one day, that friend was looking around suspiciously in a secluded place, and then he suddenly got up from his wheelchair and started running around like crazy. That guy who couldn’t even walk was dribbling a basketball at lightning speed on the basketball court and doing a layup. And if that wasn’t enough, he even did a dunk shot, hanging from the hoop and celebrating. What would you think?”

[ILoveGirlsGeneration: LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL Jo Bong-joon, you crazy bastard. When did Lee Se-hyung ever dunk? LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL]

“Then I’d be pissed. It means that someone who isn’t a special education student is going to the same school and the same department as me with lower grades. I’d run straight to the president’s office and snitch. I’d report it to the student council and put up a poster.”

“That’s what’s happening now, everyone. Please look at the screen.”

While preparing for this broadcast, Choi Jong-hyun and Jo Bong-joon even visited the admissions office of Jinseong University and got an interview.

They also visited a famous cram school [private tutoring academy] and simulated which university Lee Se-hyung could have entered if he hadn’t falsely pretended to be disabled, based on the report card that was previously released in the documentary.

As a result, if Lee Se-hyung had not been disabled, the school he could have entered with those grades was a private university located in Chungcheong Province.

I don’t want to judge people by the level of their university, but anyway, isn’t South Korea a society where academic background is rampant?

It is also true that Lee Se-hyung used this point to launder his university background.

Just looking at my case, you can see how sensitive Korean parents are to college admission corruption.

The same was true in the Jangmyeong High School case I took on before.

What was the ultimate purpose of them stealing the exam papers?

Of course, it was to get good grades, which would be a solid weapon when applying to college.

And the second thing that Koreans hate the most is the military exemption of politicians’ children.

“And I want to talk about the military exemption part. Every young Korean man has to go to the military without exception. At a time when youth unemployment is at its peak, they have to rot in the military for about 1 year and 9 months. Which parent wants to send their child to the military? They know they’re going to have a hard time. But they still send them. Why? Because they are Korean citizens.”

Lee Jeong-chan solved the issues of college admission and military exemption, which would jeopardize his life as a politician the moment they were discovered, all at once.

Of course, this is a crime and should be punished, but that’s not the only reason I’m emphasizing it.

There is no better topic to add fuel to the fire.

“Representative Lee Jeong-chan really did everything. He used donations collected to help people for his own political funds, and even got his child into college and exempted from military service. The fact that this person almost became president…”

[Our Economy: Hello. I am Han Joong-ho, a reporter from Our Economy. I know it’s rude to interrupt while you’re broadcasting, but I’m writing this chat to confirm information about the informant in the Light and Salt Foundation incident.

iPod: ;; Shut up with the long chat

Motivation: Don’t do long chats]

Everyone protested against the long chat rather than the content, but Jo Bong-joon and Choi Jong-hyun were interested.

The person that the person who identified himself as Han Joong-ho, a reporter from Our Economy, was looking for was standing behind Kim Jeong-woo, watching this broadcast.

“Wait, wait. Did you say you’re a reporter from Our Economy? Ah, I saw the email you sent. But didn’t we reply to you?”

[Our Economy: Yes, you replied, but I wanted to ask in more detail, so I came in like this. I’m sorry if I interfered with the broadcast.]

“Hmm, well, since we have viewers, I’ll explain it briefly. That person sent us an email asking about the informant. Well, there’s been a lot of attention on who the informant is these days. But we have to protect the informant because they requested strict anonymity. So we refrained from making any statements guessing who they are. Instead, as I said before, we handed over the informant’s call recordings and our call records to the police.”

Since Assemblyman Jo Hyeok-geun appeared on the radio and said that he had to find the person who caused the Light and Salt Foundation incident, which was the starting point of this whole situation, quite a few people have been looking for the informant.

Related postings have definitely increased noticeably, and the keyword ‘informant’ even briefly rose to the top of the popular search terms.

The news even covered the related content, so that says it all.

“We’ve done everything we can, and we don’t know anything about that person. I’ll say it again on this occasion. We are not acquainted with that person, and we don’t know them at all. We don’t even know why they chose us. All kinds of media are contacting us and asking us to reveal everything we know about that person. Really, we don’t know. The police will reveal whether we are lying or not.”

Should I call it a kind of distraction?

Jo Hyeok-geun appeared on the broadcast to call for Lee Jeong-chan’s resignation, but strangely, attention was focused on finding the informant, which was the cause.

Lee Jeong-chan’s side seemed to think this was an opportunity, and it was obvious that they were focusing on me.

Fortunately, Lee Jeong-chan’s corruption was rampant, and the prosecution investigation had only been going on for a few days, so the attention didn’t turn away with just that.

The problem is that a lot of people have sprung up who are curious.

[Our Economy: I understand. So you two don’t know who the informant is at all? You’re saying you have nothing to do with them?

“Yes, that’s right.”

[Our Economy: Thank you for your words. Then I’ll leave now.

-Our Economy has left.-

Tears of the Minwoo Party: What is it;;

Espresso: ;;;;;;]

The atmosphere was a bit chilly for a while, but it wasn’t long before it returned to its original pace.

The broadcast continued for about an hour after that and then ended.

“Let’s see the reaction to today’s broadcast.”

After the camera was turned off, Choi Jong-hyun and Jo Bong-joon gathered in front of the laptop.

They always search for their names on portals [search engines] after the broadcast ends.

There’s no celebrity disease like this celebrity disease.

“What is this.”

At that time, Jo Bong-joon shouted.

I was opening a bottle of water from the refrigerator and turned my head towards Jo Bong-joon at that voice.

“Lawyer Cha, come here.”

“What’s wrong?”

“Come here quickly.”

Jo Bong-joon only gestured with his hand while his eyes were still fixed on the monitor.

As the atmosphere was unusual, Kim Jeong-woo, who was organizing the camera, stood between them before me.

And after reading something for a while, he shouted at me.

“Lawyer, you need to see this quickly?”

“What is it?”

Standing in the place Kim Jeong-woo had vacated, I checked the monitor screen.

[‘Informant’s’ Identity… Lawyer Cha Most Likely]

It was the title of the article.

And the place where the article came out was none other than Our Economy.

The article was written by reporter Han Joong-ho.

He was the one who appeared on the broadcast earlier and kept asking about the informant.

Jo Bong-joon got up from his chair and gave me his seat.

I sat next to him and scrolled the mouse wheel.

[…Lawyer Cha has become a hot topic for taking on cases that anyone would know by name for several years. Recently, he was embroiled in controversy after being investigated by the prosecution for stock and real estate speculation and tax evasion. There are claims from some quarters that such a Lawyer Cha is the ‘informant.’

A is an attendee of the Light and Salt Foundation event where Lee Se-hyung’s video was created. A has been donating a large amount of donations to the Light and Salt Foundation for 10 years and has attended the same event every year. According to A, that was the first time Lawyer Cha attended the event. Also, after checking through his surrounding connections, he said that Lawyer Cha was not a church member, so he thought it was a bit strange that he attended.

Also, B is an employee of the Light and Salt Foundation. B testified that Lawyer Cha suddenly donated 500 million won [approximately $400,000 USD] to the Light and Salt Foundation as a donation the week before the event. Because he had no connection with the Light and Salt Foundation until then, it was strange even internally. B replied that the reason Lawyer Cha suddenly donated 500 million won may have been to attend the event.

This is because you must donate more than 500 million won to the Light and Salt Foundation per year to be invited to the event.

Lawyer Cha defended internet broadcaster Jo Bong-joon, who was sued for spreading false information during the Anthrozole Alpha case of Myunghwa Pharmaceutical. Since then, Lawyer Cha has appeared on Jo Bong-joon’s internet broadcast and flaunted his friendship.

Jo Bong-joon and Choi Jong-hyun, the hosts of the internet broadcast, claimed that they did not know the informant at all, but considering these connections, it is highly likely that they are lying. …]