You Have Been Defended [EN]: Chapter 494

You Have Been Defended – Episode 494

#494

When I asked Kim Chan-young how far the investigation into Okashima Hospital had progressed, he asked for a little more time.

It didn’t seem like he’d even been able to start, so I agreed to wait. Today, a week later, he asked to meet.

“I didn’t think it would be easy, but it’s more complicated than I expected, so it took a lot of work,” Kim Chan-young said, placing a file filled with densely packed documents on the table.

“You can look at this while I explain.”

I picked up the file. The first few pages contained documents written in Japanese.

Reading the Chinese characters on the title page, I could get a rough idea. One was the certificate of registered matters of the land.

Seeing that ‘certificate of all matters’ was written in parentheses, it seemed that even deleted items could be checked.

Next was the certificate of all registered matters of the Okashima Hospital medical corporation. This document allowed me to check the executives, including the representative director, and the capital.

I didn’t have enough Japanese to immediately understand everything, so it took some time to process the information. If I entrusted it to a foreign language translation agency, I could check it at a glance, but it was too early to let outsiders know I was reviewing this data, so I’d have to ask Kang Su-il.

“You haven’t given it to a translation agency yet, have you?”

“If I had, I would have given you the translated documents. I didn’t because I was worried about leaks. If you read the Chinese characters roughly, you can at least confirm the general meaning.”

“So, what does this mean?”

“Okashima Hospital is at the address on that land registry. When I looked it up, the owner of the land isn’t Okashima Hospital. Okashima Hospital is leasing it from another corporation.”

I flipped back to the land registry and checked. The landowner was a corporation with an unfamiliar name: RND.

“Remember this corporation name. As you probably know, the other document is the certificate of all registered matters for the Okashima Hospital medical corporation. You can see who the representative is, right?”

I couldn’t read the Japanese name written in Chinese characters in the Japanese style, but I recognized it at a glance because I saw familiar characters:

小田展男.

I didn’t know how to read the characters that read ‘Jeonnam’ in Korean, but I was familiar with ‘Sota’ in front.

That’s how Oda Satoshi’s surname is written.

“Is the representative a relative of Oda Satoshi?”

“To be exact, he’s Oda Satoshi’s younger brother. The media doesn’t know Oda Satoshi’s brother’s name, but it’s known that he’s a doctor from Shingaku Medical University and that there’s a three-year age difference. Of course, it’s also not known that he’s the director of Okashima Hospital.”

“But how did you confirm he’s his younger brother?”

“I searched diligently using the information that he graduated from Shingaku Medical University. I was going to ask the lawyer for help if I couldn’t find him, but fortunately, there were traces on the Shingaku University Hospital website. When I compared the information, it was definitely his younger brother.”

The fact that Oda Satoshi’s younger brother was the director of Okashima Hospital was something I hadn’t even considered.

And Kim Mi-ja had no idea that Wooshin was running a black market organ trade business in Japan.

I’m certain because I checked it using my ability.

Whatever process she went through, Kim Mi-ja is Oda Satoshi’s wife. If she had never mentioned her husband’s close younger brother, to the point where they were plotting shady things together, it meant that Oda Satoshi had kept his younger brother a secret from Kim Mi-ja as well.

“The lawyer said that Shingaku University Hospital and Okashima Hospital have a cooperative relationship, right? You also said that Shingaku University Hospital is the place that launders Lim Hyun-il’s career. The link is probably Oda Nobuo.”

“Ah, you read ‘Jeonnam’ as Nobuo?”

“Yes. To summarize, Oda Nobuo is the link connecting Shingaku Medical University and Wooshin, and he’s also the representative of Okashima Hospital. He’s not just managing it; he’s also a doctor, so he seems to be seeing patients. His specialty is hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery.”

“If he’s in hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery, he must do a lot of transplants.”

“That’s what I thought right away. There’s a lot of demand for liver transplants, especially from those people who frequent hostess bars [fairy dens] and drink heavily. Livers are usually transplanted from family members, but would those people try to get it from their own family when it’s a dangerous surgery for the donor? They can just pay and get it from the children of the House of Angels.”

“Then what is the company called RND?”

“Turn to the very last page.”

The last document was the certificate of all registered matters of the company RND. What was interesting was the location of the company RND.

“It’s the Virgin Islands.”

“Yes. To be exact, it’s the British Virgin Islands, not the US Virgin Islands.”

It’s a typical tax haven. At this point, I felt a considerable sense of déjà vu even without Kim Chan-young explaining it in detail.

Doesn’t it remind you of a certain company in Liechtenstein?

“Is KDL Company RND?”

“That’s right. The link between these two needs further investigation, but you can get a rough idea just by looking at the land registry of this Okashima Hospital. Check the land registry again.”

Since the registry contains all the deleted items, I could check the list of landowners before RND. There was an unknown Japanese person in the middle, but the previous owner was KDL Company.

It’s clear they put one person in to deceive.

Because the period during which the Japanese person owned the Okashima Hospital site was extremely short.

To put it simply, when I revealed the existence of KDL Company and L&B through the information I found in Lee Jung-chan’s pocket watch, Wooshin dismantled KDL Company and created a new company called RND.

The data I received from Lee Jung-chan at the time didn’t include the Okashima Hospital site in the list of lands owned by KDL Company.

Even though Lee Jung-chan was on the same side and called him brother, he didn’t leak this information to him.

So, that’s why they abandoned him without looking back when something went wrong with Lee Jung-chan.

“You see here? Since the British Virgin Islands is a place where you can establish a company with just one document, it seems they moved here this time.”

“Originally, L&B owned 75% of KDL Company’s shares. L&B was Go Sang-joon’s. So, it was easy to know that the money was flowing directly to Go Sang-joon, but RND’s shares are divided into small pieces.”

“Yes. But all the companies that have these shares are paper companies that Go Sang-joon set up in the Virgin Islands. Originally, he received it with just one L&B, but the lawyer quickly caught on. So, he created a lot of corporations in the Virgin Islands and divided the RND shares.”

“I see. Then wouldn’t it be difficult to prove that RND is Go Sang-joon’s?”

Kim Chan-young laughed as if sighing.

“That’s why I’m here.”

Kim Chan-young seemed to be looking for something on his phone and soon played a voice recording.

[The money I’ll give you will go into an account in the Virgin Islands.]

It was Go Sang-joon’s voice.

[But wouldn’t it be a waste to just put that big money in the account?]

Kim Chan-young’s voice continued.

Then Go Sang-joon chuckled and answered as if he had been waiting.

[Looks like you have an entrepreneurial spirit? It would be a waste to just leave the money as it is, as you said. If you want to invest the money, do you have a place in mind?]

Go Sang-joon’s tone was reminiscent of a kind father treating a smart son.

[I think there’s a reason why my father chose the Virgin Islands out of all the tax havens. What’s there? Include me too.]

Go Sang-joon laughed loudly at Kim Chan-young’s words, which would have been felt as aegyo [acting cute] if he thought of it as the words of a young son.

[You’ve never asked me to buy you anything in your life, but now you finally want something, so I have to include you. Then I’ll give you one of the paper companies I’ve set up in the Virgin Islands. Would that be okay?]

“Look at this. He said with his own mouth that he has a paper company in the Virgin Islands.”

“When did you have this conversation?”

“It’s from the beginning of this year. I record everything I talk to Go Sang-joon because I don’t know when and how it will be used, but at that time, I just thought he was giving a reward to his illegitimate child who was sticking to him, even cutting off ties with his mother. But when I investigated this time and saw this company called RND, it was in the Virgin Islands. So, I had a feeling.”

“Then does the paper company that Go Sang-joon gave you have RND shares?”

“That’s probably the case. He probably won’t just hand over the company he had but is probably going to invest new capital and set up a new company. He’s trying to do that as a countermeasure because the flow of funds might be visible…….”

“Will it take a long time to receive it?”

“No. It’s probably already established, but the data hasn’t been transferred yet. But since we’ve become a relationship where we even share paper companies, he’ll probably send me the documents soon. Then I can find out more about RND’s information. Even if he blocks it because he can’t share that far, it doesn’t matter. Anyway, it’s proven by that one recording that Go Sang-joon has made a lot of paper companies in the Virgin Islands.”

“Are you going to hand that over to me too?”

Kim Chan-young didn’t want to reveal that he was Go Sang-joon’s illegitimate child.

It was partly because of his antipathy towards Go Sang-joon, but it was also to protect his mother, Kim Hwa-young.

Kim Hwa-young lived as if she were dead until she was forcibly brought to the surface because of the incident that took place at Jo Yeon-dong’s annex.

In the meantime, she was reluctant to be exposed as Kim Chan-young’s mother.

It was because she didn’t know what kind of gossip she might be involved in, and it was also to block the unnecessary attention that Kim Chan-young, as the child of an actress who once dominated the era, had to receive.

But that doesn’t mean that the people of this world have never seen Kim Chan-young and Kim Hwa-young together, does it?

Although they covered their faces, the two went shopping, ate out, and traveled like ordinary mothers and sons.

So, inevitably, the moment Kim Chan-young becomes famous as Go Sang-joon’s illegitimate child, Kim Hwa-young will have to be exposed.

“It depends on the situation. If there comes a situation where I can’t prove that RND is Go Sang-joon’s no matter what, I’m going to step up then. I don’t have any reservations about the fact that my biological father is Go Sang-joon being revealed. If I think that my existence itself will be a bullet that pierces Go Sang-joon, apart from my personal feelings, I feel a little better. I sometimes comfort myself by saying that I was born with a gun with a bullet to destroy Go Sang-joon from the moment I was born.”

“You’ll have to check your mother’s opinion too.”

“My mom tells me to do whatever I want, no matter what I do. Anyway, I’ve been cursed for killing people, so what’s going to change if I hear that I gave birth to Go Sang-joon’s child? Well, she said it like she was okay, but I think she was scared.”

“You don’t have to push yourself.”

“No. Anyway, after I destroy Go Sang-joon, my mom and I are going to put everything down and travel the world. So, if the time comes when you need it, use this card. Don’t hesitate. I’m really prepared.”

[Truth]

Seeing the letters floating above Kim Chan-young’s head, I felt more sorry than excited about the card he had.

From the moment I first met Kim Chan-young in this life, I could read his desperate desire to protect his mother in every word he said and every expression he made.

The fact that he had come to a situation where he was even thinking of revealing everything to others was a bigger deal to me than the fact that I had a new card.

“I thought I had to repay the lawyer’s favor. And for helping my mom……. Actually, if it wasn’t for the lawyer, my mom would have become a murderer. Besides that, I have a lot of debts to repay to the lawyer. I’ve been hoping that the day would come when Go Sang-joon would be screwed……. To be honest, I didn’t think it would become a reality. I didn’t think I could make it happen, so I prayed to Santa on Christmas and to Buddha on Buddha’s Birthday. I thought it was something that would barely come true if I asked God.”

Kim Chan-young had a faint smile on his lips as if he was reminiscing about his childhood.

The faintly raised corners of his mouth were very bitter and dry.

“But now I think the things I’ve been dreaming of are slowly becoming a reality. And you’re the one who’s doing it, lawyer. You’re doing it even at the risk of your life, so I think it’s conscienceless if I say I can’t handle this much risk.”

“Why do you think I’m doing it? I’m doing this because it’s my job.”

Now I truly understood what Kim Mi-ja and Heo Min-woo, and Tae-sik had been saying to me all along.

So, this is what it felt like.

“And you can prove it without having to reveal your and your mother’s secrets.”

In 2011 of the previous life, Australian journalist Gerard Ryle acquired a hard disk containing a vast amount of data in the process of investigating the corruption of his country’s companies.

The hard disk contained information on paper companies located in the British Virgin Islands and numerous accounts hidden there.

He asked for help from the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), based in Washington, DC, and the ICIJ formed a multinational team to begin examining the data on the hard disk in earnest.

And if it was like the previous life, in April 2013, the ICIJ would release a list of Koreans with accounts in the British Virgin Islands.

Unfortunately, since there were no Korean reporters affiliated with the ICIJ, it took quite a while to extract the list of Koreans.

“How?”

“It would have been difficult to prove it originally, but I was very lucky.”

Originally, KDL Company was a paper company set up in Liechtenstein.

However, as we exposed the existence of KDL Company and L&B, Go Sang-joon hurriedly dismantled these two companies and set up a new home in the British Virgin Islands.

Thanks to that, Go Sang-joon’s name will be in the hard disk that the ICIJ is digging into.

In fact, I was a little disappointed that I had exposed KDL Company and L&B too quickly, but who knew that this snowball would roll like this.

A huge stroke of luck that didn’t exist in the previous life has come to me.

“So, what’s the method?”

“I’ll tell you that slowly.”

The ICIJ, which had been busy conducting a large amount of investigation, contacted a neutral media organization in Korea at a slightly late timing to extract the list of Koreans.

If we can advance this period even a little, we may be able to find Go Sang-joon’s name in the ICIJ’s disclosure documents before the special investigation ends.