Ex-first lady acknowledges receiving luxury bag from PPP lawmaker's wife
Former first lady Kim Keon Hee said Monday she recalled receiving a luxury clutch bag from a lawmaker's wife in 2023 but not in person. Kim made the admission during the trial of main opposition People Power Party Rep. Kim Gi-hyeon and his wife, surnamed Lee, who are accused of gifting a Roger Vivier clutch bag to the then first lady in return for her support for the lawmaker's election as party…
Former first lady Kim Keon Hee revealed on Monday that she received a luxury clutch bag from the wife of a lawmaker in 2023, though not personally. This admission came during the trial of People Power Party Rep. Kim Gi-hyeon and his wife, Lee, accused of gifting a Roger Vivier clutch bag to the former first lady in exchange for her support of the lawmaker's election as party chairman in March 2023.
Kim initially was unaware of the bag's origin but later realized it was delivered indirectly. She maintained that clutch bags are "an essential item" for first ladies and that she had purchased numerous fake designer bags to match.
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