지난 6월 함께 골프를 친 진웅섭 전 금융감독원장은 "기획재정부 선배인 최규연 전 청장이 불러서 갔을 뿐이고 누가 비용을 지불했는지는 모른다"고 해명했다.
Jin Woong-seop, former head of the Financial Supervisory Service who played golf together in June, explained, "I only went because Choi Kyu-yeon, a senior at the Ministry of Strategy and Finance, called and I don't know who paid."