The survey of the special prosecutor on the First Lady Kim Kim Keon-Hee of South Korea has taken a surprising turning point, now nicknamed the “Cinderella investigation” After discovering 12 pairs of Chanel shoes during the search for his Seocho-Dong residence.
While the previous relationships indicated that the figure of the unification church Jeon Jae-Soo had passed two Chanel bags in Kim through an intermediary, the plot thickened when Kim’s former Aide exchanged those objects with three other bags and more pairs of chanel-tutte shoes in size 250mm. Yet during the raid of July 25, only 260 mm shoes were found in his home.
This raised the speculation that First Lady may have proactively exchanged shoes to dodge the accusations. Cho Ki-Yeon, Legal Vice President of the Democratic Party, suggested on Channel a’s Direct shots show, “It is possible that he has replaced all Chanel shoes in his home with 260 mm versions in anticipation of the search for the special consultant.”
The defenders, however, argue that luxury goods are proportionate to its wealth. The lawyer Kang Dae-Kyu said Evening news, “Someone with 7 billion krw in business wouldn’t it be to have some Chanel shoes?” The spokesman for the Power Party Park Min-Young party echoed to that feeling, detecting his net heritage greater than 8 billion KRW and rejecting the statements as lacking concrete tests.
But the controversy extends beyond footwear. The Special Consultant also found a series of Van Cleef & Arpels-Indossata by Kim on a NATO trip of 2022-The house of his brother’s mother-in-law. Although his team previously said that the necklace was a fake and had been lost, the recovered object was still in its original box, although devoid of certification or standard numbers. This necklace, next to a Cartier bracelet and a Tiffany brooch, is estimated that it exceeded 80 million KRW – and would require an official disclosure pursuant to the law on official if authentic official ethics.
Kim’s legal team continues to argue that jewels are a reply, defending its use of accessories saying, “Other first women wear jewels; it would have been inappropriate not to do it.” As the investigation takes place, the public ministries are disordering not only the authenticity of the articles, but even if they have occurred manipulations of evidence or false declarations. The result could have significant consequences for both Kim Keon-Hee and for the wider political panorama that the president Yoon Suk-Yeol surrounds.
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