You Have Been Defended [EN]: Chapter 608

“Oh, it’s been a while, Attorney Cha.”

It was around 8:30 PM when we arrived at Daebak House after the broadcast.

It was an hour earlier than the time Choi Jong-hyun and Jo Bong-joon had aimed for.

They said they would finish up and clean the studio, so Kang Min-jae, Secretary Oh, and I arrived at Daebak House first.

As soon as I entered, the owner greeted me.

“How have you been?”

“How’s your friend? The doctor? Is he doing well?”

“He’s doing well.”

“He used to come here often with you. But it’s good you came. Today, everything is on the house. Hehe.”

“On the house?”

“Yes. Just eat and enjoy. I’ve been meaning to repay Attorney Cha’s kindness, but I didn’t know your contact information, so I was just waiting for you to come.”

When did I ever do something for the owner of Daebak House?

“Don’t you remember what you told me a few years ago? Don’t trust your sons too much and don’t give them everything.”

Now that he said that, I remembered.

It was not long after I started this life.

I vaguely remembered saying that because I remembered how I had to give up Daebak House to cover the business my sons had ruined.

“Last year, my sons were making a fuss about starting a business with a great item, and I was about to help them, but Attorney Cha’s words suddenly came to mind. So I didn’t help them, and it turned out to be a scam. It was big news a while ago.”

“I didn’t tell you what the business was; I just said it in passing. The service is fine.”

“No, if Attorney Cha hadn’t said that, I would have helped them, to be honest. I heard that Attorney Cha is good at investing, everything you touch goes up, and you’re very smart, so I thought it wouldn’t hurt to listen to you. If Attorney Cha hadn’t said that, I would have lost hundreds of millions.”

If he had told me specifically what kind of business his sons were going to do, I might have taken the offer, but this is something anyone could have said.

Instead of staying here and attracting attention, I should secretly leave some cash later.

“The *hyungs* [older brothers/male colleagues] haven’t left yet. It seems like they have a lot to clean up. *Hyung* Min-woo will be here first?”

Kang Min-jae said, checking his phone.

It was right after the broadcast, and we all didn’t want to be seen, so we deliberately booked a private room.

So I thought Heo Min-woo could come too, so I contacted him, and fortunately, he said he was available.

“I’m here.”

Then, Heo Min-woo opened the door and came inside.

“You can’t be a gentleman.”

Secretary Oh said, looking at Heo Min-woo sitting next to him, and laughed.

“Were you talking about me?”

“We were talking about how *Hyung* would be here first. But *Hyung*, why do you look half your size? Have you not been eating well lately? Do you eat at least two meals a day?”

“Food? These days, the distinction between days is so vague that I don’t even know how many meals I eat a day. There are many days when I just eat cup noodles……”

“You’re so busy, but fortunately, you had time today.”

“The chief kept checking my work log, asking why I always seemed to be here whenever you came, and then pushed me to go home.”

“That, Chief Hyun Byung-joo. Is that right?”

“Yes.”

“He seems to take good care of you.”

“It seems like he likes me. Let’s order quickly? I’m starving.”

Heo Min-woo said, opening the menu.

When we contacted Heo Min-woo today, we thought there was a high probability that he wouldn’t be able to come.

The police said in a briefing that they were investigating to find out who NP and BB1 were, and we revealed who they were on the broadcast today.

“Officer, have a bowl of rice. It’s not good to put oil in on an empty stomach. Let’s get a *Gopchang Jeongol* [spicy beef tripe hot pot] together.”

Secretary Oh seemed to be particularly concerned about Heo Min-woo, perhaps because he was reminded of his days in the prosecutor’s office.

“Should I?”

Kang Min-jae skillfully finished ordering and began distributing the glasses that the employee brought.

“I won’t drink. You guys dropped a big bomb on the broadcast today, so I think I’ll be very busy tomorrow. I’ll have a cola.”

“But even if we revealed on the broadcast that NP and BB1 are Go Sang-joon and Go Yoon-soo, we can’t summon them as suspects right away, can we?”

Secretary Oh asked, pouring beer into his glass.

Heo Min-woo also nodded.

“Yes. It’s not enough to call them as suspects with this; we have to call them as witnesses. I think they’ll send a summons tomorrow. The medical staff’s account tracking is in full swing, and if Go Sang-joon and Go Yoon-soo are caught there before the summons is sent, we can call them as suspects right away.”

“I guess they won’t get caught?”

Heo Min-woo nodded at Secretary Oh’s question.

“That’s right. Im Hyun-il and Oh Joon-hong received money in the form of dividends. It doesn’t seem easy to get Go Sang-joon and Go Yoon-soo’s names.”

“Dividends, from RND?”

“No. To be exact, it’s a paper company that owns RND’s stock. Oh Joon-hong and Im Hyun-il share the stock of that paper company. So it’s a dividend of a dividend. It’s complicated, right?”

“It is.”

“During the KDL days, the ownership structure was simply divided between Lee Jung-chan and L&B. So this time, they twisted it a bit complicatedly. It’s a bit of a headache for us too…… But fortunately, something came out of Oh Joon-hong’s foreign exchange transaction history.”

“What came out?”

“He received dividends from a paper company that owns RND’s stock in an overseas account. And then he exchanged it for Korean won through a domestic bank and bought real estate. He’s a building owner. Anyway, the cash flow through RND has been confirmed, so I’m relieved.”

In short, it was revealed that RND was not only the owner of the land for the Reborn Medical Center but also paid Oh Joon-hong and Im Hyun-il.

Even if it was revealed that RND was a company owned by Go Sang-joon, we were worried that he would make excuses such as ‘I only lent the land and didn’t know they would do organ trafficking there.’

At least this method is no longer possible.

“But the task of identifying the real owner of RND remains.”

Heo Min-woo added.

Evidence that Go Sang-joon and Go Yoon-soo directly ordered organ trafficking can be obtained elsewhere, but our goal is not just organ trafficking.

Finding the huge slush fund created by Go Sang-joon is also an important goal.

His embezzlement and tax evasion charges can be proven with just L&B and KDL Company, but those two companies are currently closed, aren’t they?

To prove that they moved to RND and are still repeating the same thing, we need to reveal that the real owner of RND is Go Sang-joon.

Besides, there will be much more money sleeping in RND than in L&B and KDL Company.

Even if a rich man goes bankrupt, his family can live for three generations, so Go Sang-joon won’t be in trouble even if we squeeze some money out of him.

Still, shouldn’t we squeeze out as much as possible?

“Reporter Choi is checking the data received from IAIJ, so something will come out of there. Don’t feel too pressured.”

Heo Min-woo sighed at Secretary Oh’s words.

“It would be great if decisive data came out of there, but it might not. I can’t just trust that and do nothing.”

In my previous life, Go Sang-joon was not on the list of beneficial owners of dummy accounts and paper companies in the British Virgin Islands obtained from IAIJ.

It is the first time in this life that Go Sang-joon’s name has been included in that list.

But I know the scale of the data in that list.

In my previous life, I watched all the related articles and met with officials, hoping that Go Sang-joon’s name would be on it.

That’s why I can say for sure.

It will definitely be proven that Go Sang-joon owns RND.

……I wish I could say that.

“I’m thinking that if we investigate Go Sang-joon, Wooshin Welfare Foundation, and financial managers, we might find a link to RND. It’s already been revealed that Wooshin Welfare Foundation put hundreds of billions of land lease fees into KDL, and that L&B is a paper company in Go Sang-joon’s name. Reporter Choi has also filed a complaint on behalf of RND that it is the successor to KDL Company.”

“Even if we can’t make Go Sang-joon a suspect in the organ trafficking case, we can make him a suspect in the slush fund creation and embezzlement case.”

“That’s right. But if the link doesn’t continue to come out, the investigation will be separated. Our investigation headquarters was launched to investigate organ trafficking. The investigation into Go Sang-joon’s embezzlement and tax evasion will be transferred to a related department separately. So we have to find it quickly before it’s separated.”

“But will the link come out? L&B and KDL were covered on the broadcast once before. So Wooshin quickly cleaned up and transferred everything to RND. Didn’t they clean up everything at that time?”

Secretary Oh asked with a worried expression.

“I think the same way. He must have been so confident that the link between RND and KDL Company wouldn’t come out that he made such a big noise in the statement that the organ trafficking was not committed at the foundation level. Still, won’t something come out if we shake up the people involved?”

No matter how perfectly a system has been created to avoid legal punishment, in the end, it is humans who handle the system.

The reason why so many economic crimes that have swept through Korea have come to the surface is the same.

They succeeded in system management but failed in human management.

“If we ask some of the executives to voluntarily submit their overseas accounts, they will. The Special Economic Crimes Act is so heavy.”

The majority of people who commit illegal acts have a vague belief that they will not be caught or punished.

But when the moment of punishment approaches, they panic.

It is common for people to resolve to remain silent together to survive, but when they start to be investigated, they open their mouths to survive alone.

Interestingly, the fact that the person who thinks ‘I have to live alone’ in that situation is not the only one.

“Or Attorney Cha can use your power to expand the scope of the investigation by the investigation headquarters. It’s been a long time since you talked to the President, right? How about giving him a call for greetings and favors?”

Heo Min-woo made a phone shape with his hand and shook it next to his ear.

When I didn’t answer for a while, he laughed loudly and added.

“Haha, I’m just kidding.”

[False]

It wasn’t a joke at all.

“Even if it doesn’t come out in the investigation, it’ll be in the IAIJ database.”

At that time, Kang Min-jae, who had been silent, added a word.

His gaze was strangely directed at me.

“Right, Attorney Cha?”

I thought he was quiet these days, but it seems that the alien theory of Cha Joo-han that had been wriggling in Kang Min-jae’s mind has been ignited again.

Well, there’s no way Kang Min-jae wouldn’t have suspected it.

I, who was reluctant to belong to somewhere, recommended Choi Jong-hyun to join a certain organization, and it just so happened that the organization had the data we wanted.

To be honest, I was relieved when Kang Min-jae kept his mouth shut even when Choi Jong-hyun met Kirihara Sachiko that day and came back and made a fuss, saying, “Cha Attorney is not just a shaman, but a *Manshin* [Great Shaman]!”

I guess he was convinced that it was my design all along.

Knock knock.

At that time, there was a knock.

The employee brought the prepared food and started putting it on the grill.

The timing was good.

I was glad I didn’t have to answer.

“We’ll grill it.”

Kang Min-jae took the tongs and scissors and sent the employee back out.

And Heo Min-woo continued.

“Anyway, at this stage, the higher-ups are instructing us to focus on organ trafficking in briefings and press releases, so that’s what we’re focusing on. We’re also working hard to track paper companies and overseas accounts. We’re not neglecting it.”

“I didn’t think the police were neglecting it.”

Anyway, when investigating organ trafficking, it is inevitable that who paid and who received the price will become important.

Because it is the most decisive evidence.

“After we do our best to identify the paper companies and accounts, we’ll pass them on to the special prosecutor’s team. Isn’t this the special prosecutor’s team’s specialty anyway?”

“Pass it on? Officer Heo should come to the special prosecutor’s team too.”

“Oh, no. I’m already tired to death.”

Heo Min-woo shook his hand, squinting his eyes.

He moved the grilled *Gopchang* [beef small intestine] to his plate and muttered.

“I’m tired of living on cup noodles.”

Beep beep beep.

The moment Heo Min-woo put the sauce on the *Gopchang* [beef small intestine], his phone rang.

He was trying not to answer the phone if possible because he was about to have a proper meal for once.

He checked the phone screen with indifferent eyes, sighed, and answered the phone.

“Yeah, why? ……What?”

His expression instantly distorted.

Kang Min-jae and Secretary Oh also turned their eyes to Heo Min-woo.

“Okay. I’ll go now. It’ll take about 20 minutes.”

“What’s wrong?”

As soon as the call ended, Kang Min-jae asked.

Heo Min-woo put down his chopsticks instead of answering and jumped up.

And he said to us.

“Do you remember Kim Soo-chan and Gong Won-ho? I’m talking about the strategy room people who were caught at the scene.”

“Yes. Aren’t they still not saying anything?”

“That’s right. But they opened their mouths.”

“Suddenly? This late?”

“……Yes. I got a call.”

He answered Secretary Oh and put his arms into the coat he had taken off.

His voice was lowered.

It’s not long after the broadcast revealed that NP and BB1 are Go Sang-joon and Go Yoon-soo.

If the two, who were Go Sang-joon and Go Yoon-soo’s henchmen, have something to say in this situation, isn’t it obvious?

“They confessed that they instigated the organ trafficking themselves. I’ll go quickly for now. I’ll check the situation first and contact you.”

Heo Min-woo hurriedly left the room, and we didn’t say anything as if we had planned it.