Suwon District Prosecutors’ Office, who is investigating the ban on departure from former Vice Minister of Justice Kim Hak-eui, a controversy over the illegality, is moving the box for the seizure and search at the Ministry of Justice of the Gwacheon Government Complex on the afternoon of the 21st of last month. yunhap news
It was found that the prosecution, who is investigating the allegations of illegal emergency ban (withdrawal) against Kim Hak-e’s former vice minister of the Ministry of Justice, summoned and investigated Prosecutor A of the Anti-Corruption and Power Department at the time. It is the appearance of a full-scale investigation into the suspicion of external pressure by the anti-corruption department of the Great Sword, which occurred during the investigation of the Suwon District Prosecutor’s Office in April-July 2019. At the time, Lee Seong-yoon, the head of the anti-corruption and power department (currently the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office), was reported to the National Rights Commission of Korea on March 23 for suspending the investigation of Prosecutor Lee Gyu-won, who requested an emergency withdrawal, from the Anyang District.
Anyang Office at the time of 2019→Anti-corruption report line,
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According to the JoongAng Ilbo coverage on the 3rd, Suwon District Prosecutor’s Office 3rd Division (Director Jeong-seop Lee) called Prosecutor A, who was a researcher in the anti-corruption department at the time of withdrawal from former Vice Minister Kim in March 2019, as a reference the day before. This is the first time that the prosecution summoned a prosecutor belonging to the anti-corruption department at the time.
Since April 2019, the Anyang branch investigated three immigration officers and two public interest judges who inquired about the ban on departure of former Vice Minister Kim through the internal system of the Ministry of Justice, and in July of the same year, they were all charged with nothing. . According to the second public interest report, the investigation team of the Anyang branch at the time attempted to proceed with further investigation after capturing the situation in which emergency withdrawal measures against former Vice Minister Kim were illegally carried out during the investigation, reported to the anti-corruption department and Suwon High Prosecution. The intention was to proceed with an additional investigation into prosecutor Lee Gyu-won’s charges of misconduct, dispatched by the Past Photographic Investigation Team, who requested withdrawal.
However, the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office of Anti-Corruption and the Prosecutors’ Office of the Ministry of Justice have contacted them through various channels, saying, “Only investigate the suspicion of information leakage to Kim Hak’s side requested by the Ministry of Justice, and do not proceed with the investigation.” As a result, the Anyang branch decided not to proceed with the investigation any more, and could not even report the occurrence of prosecutor Lee Gyu-won to the Suwon High Prosecution.
Prosecutor A is pointed out as a person who reported to the command of the anti-corruption department after receiving the investigation report from the Anyang branch at the time. It is reported that the prosecution against Prosecutor A confirmed several facts about the contents of the second public interest report. However, the Suwon District Prosecutor’s Office said, “We cannot confirm whether a specific person has been summoned and the contents of the investigation.”
Seoul Central District Prosecutor’s Office Lee Seong-yoon attended the state affairs audit of the Legislative Judicial Council held at the National Assembly in Yeouido, Seoul on October 19 last year to answer questions. News 1
The prosecution called the Prosecutor B of Anyang Branch Office and the Prosecutor C, who served as the head of the investigation team at the time of investigating the case of the outflow of departure information. The prosecution officer D, who was the command of the Anyang branch office, also investigated. At that time, the investigation and command line of the Anyang branch office confirmed the reassignment and termination of the case. Following the investigation, prosecutor A belonging to the anti-corruption department at the time under suspicion of external pressure could lead to a direct investigation of the prosecutor, Lee Seong-yoon, who was the head of the anti-corruption department’s investigation command and chief researcher.
Reporters Kang Kwang-woo and Kim Soo-min [email protected]