Unaffiliated lawmaker Han Dong-hoon stated on 2026-04-03 that Justice Minister candidate Kim Seung-won, while leading the Democratic Party of Korea's Gyeonggi Provincial Committee, allegedly created illegal funds by inflating staff salaries by 2 million won monthly and transferring the excess to specific accounts. ^[1] Unaffiliated lawmaker Han Dong-hoon questioned Minister-designate Kim Seung-won on 2026-01-03 regarding allegations of illegal fund creation during Kim's tenure as chairman of the Democratic Party's Gyeonggi Provincial Committee. ^[2] Han Dong-hoon asked if Kim Seung-won had personally visited the Chief of the Grand Prosecution Service's Planning and Coordination Department to request that a specific judge be excluded from reviewing a warrant, citing reasons of special relationship. ^[3] Han Dong-hoon questioned whether Kim Seung-won, during his tenure as Gyeonggi Provincial Committee chairman, repeatedly transferred inflated salary funds to accounts held by specific party staff rather than the official political fund account. ^[4] Han Dong-hoon raised concerns about potential collusion between Kim Seung-won and a judge who reviewed warrants for a COVID-19 treatment drug approval request involving a broker and Genentech. ^[5] Han Dong-hoon alleged that the Democratic Party's Gyeonggi Provincial Committee inflated employee salaries by an additional 2 million won per month to create a secret fund, which was then transferred to a specific party official's personal account. ^[6] Han Dong-hoon asked Kim Seung-won if he was aware of a past incident where a request was made to exclude Judge Jung from a hearing regarding Kim's 2021 inquiry about a COVID-19 treatment drug approval. ^[7] Kim Seung-won was previously investigated in 2021 for accepting a request from a broker to approve clinical trials for a COVID-19 treatment drug but was granted a suspension of prosecution in December 2024. ^[8]