Lee Hwa-young, a former vice governor of Gyeonggi Province who is serving a prison sentence of seven years and eight months in connection with Ssangbangwool Group's illegal remittances to North Korea, is seeking parole from President Lee Jae Myung, with his lawyer expressing frustration over what he says is a lack of progress despite appeals made through multiple channels. Attorney Kim Kwang-min, who represents Lee Hwa-young, shared a media report on social media Wednesday and outlined his client's position. "Lee Hwa-young is now in his fifth year of imprisonment and is very angry with President Lee," Kim said in the interview. "We have conveyed through various channels his wish to be granted parole, but all we hear is that they are 'working on it,' while there has been no action." Kim also wrote on social media, "After concluding that the North Korea remittance case was fabricated, isn't the reality of completely abandoning someone who has been imprisoned for five years because of that very case far worse and more cruel?" Lee Hwa-young's side reportedly sent a letter to the president an