
Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol is present at the state administration and answers questions of lawmakers. Reporter Oh Jong-taek
Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol has created the so-called’Severe Crime Investigation Office (SMB)’PerfectionAbout the passport’s attempt to'(completely deprive the prosecution of the right to investigate)What makes our society retreat”And poured out a remark. he is “The punishment of injustices and fouls of powerful people is a matter directly related to the lives of our common people who have left the ideology. The people should know“I appealed. It was during a 40-minute telephone interview with the JoongAng Ilbo on the 2nd.
Yoon Seok-yeol, JoongAng Ilbo, 40 minutes solo interview
He has refrained from speaking publicly even in the’shooting of Yoon Seok-yeol’, and his voice increased whenever he mentioned’the foul of the strong man’. In a media interview earlier on this day, Yoon said, “I will bet 100 times if I can stop it by taking a job.”You can remove all prosecutors under the prosecutor general. However, the capacity for corruption crime must be preserved by combining investigation and prosecution.”I emphasized it again and again. The following is the full text of an interview with Yun.
“It’s okay to take out all the prosecutors under me… Let’s make use of only the ability to investigate crimes”
- He even said,’I’ll bet even 100 times’ for’complete deprivation of the prosecution’s right to investigate’ (complete inspection).
- “I’ve never thought of it as a great position, whether it’s the prosecutor’s office or the president. It’s important to get things right. Are you going to close the investigation for giving you a good seat? What’s important about getting a seat? It does not mean that the prosecution will not be taken away. Organizations that fight evil must be specialized in each field. It’s only important to build your expertise without being tempted by promotions. The nationwide network of prosecutors, with the president as the top, can be removed under the command of the Minister of Justice. It means that even under the minister, we must combine investigation and prosecution to strengthen our ability to respond to corruption crimes.”
- Does that mean you don’t need to have an agency under the president?
- “It’s okay to remove all (the swordsman) under me. You can create an investigation and prosecution agency outside the command of the prosecutor general. I told him to take it all out. Whether under Minister Cho Kuk, Minister Chu Mi-ae, or under Minister Park Beom-gye, it means to create specialized investigative agencies for each field to combine investigations and prosecutions. Even in the form of the Anti-Corruption Investigation Office, the Financial Investigation Office, and the Security Office, it is necessary to combine investigation and prosecution to handle major cases and develop national response capabilities for major crimes. Why is the state investigating crime? If that doesn’t work, it hurts the people, so the investigation is done by collecting national taxes. If it is okay or not, would you make it?”
- In the end, is it that investigation, prosecution, and prosecution are one body?
- “Preparation for prosecution and prosecutionAll. Last year, at the Busan High School and District Prosecutors’ Office, I once said that’investigation serves in prosecution’.. The purpose of the investigation is prosecution, conviction, and punishment.to be. In 2001, a joint investigation of the prosecutor, police, and military led to an investigation into military service corruption against celebrities and other social leaders. Although it was a joint investigation, it was led by the civil prosecutors and military prosecutors who are the’prosecutors’. It means that it was similar to doing it yourself. This means that even if the number of direct investigations is given, the total amount of direct investigations corresponding to serious crimes will inevitably increase. In fact, the prosecution’s investigation of anti-corruption and economic offenses after the Civilian Government played a major role in making the Korean society tilted to the right quite neutral. (When the inspection is complete) Those who have the power and power of the Republic of Korea will have extraterritorial jurisdiction and society will rapidly become mobilized. It is not a problem for the left and the right. If you embezzle unjust money, you will have to go to jail. What happens to society if only the subordinates are punished and the superiors are not punished? No matter how much law is made in the National Assembly, the law will not be observed unless you use a’scalpel’. As much as 100 laws are made, it is also important to apply a scalpel when one does not obey. The scalpel is the standard by which the rest of the laws are followed. The cases that become the standard for our people’s lives and cases that certainly raise the compliance awareness of powerful people should be done by the prosecution. All over the world, these incidents bet on national interests.
- How is it compared to overseas?
- “After World War II, when white-collar crime surged, the fastest response was the Manhattan District Prosecutors’ Office of New York State and the Federal District District Prosecutors’ Office of Southern New York. About Robert Morgenso, who served as the elected New York State Manhattan District Prosecutor for 30 years and then the federal New York Southern District Prosecutor’s Office by President John F. Kennedy for eight years, you can write 10 chapters. The U.S. rich man’s market control, internal transactions, and tax evasion were smashed through the prosecution’s investigation. The benefits went to the American people. The prosecution’s investigation into illegality and corruption created the world’s best public confidence in the New York Stock Market and the US capital market.
- In the ruling party, the SFO (Serious Fraud Office) is said to be the model of the heavy water administration.
- Britain, which had no prosecution system, created a special agency. Fraud was not limited to fraudulent crimes, but created the Economic and Corruption Crime Investigation Office. Wouldn’t it be like that? If it’s too bad. Because money keeps going to New York and major corruption is rampant, a special agency was created to protect London’s capital market. Britain, where the judicial system itself was different, even made the prosecution system itself belated in 1985. Then, three years later, a special agency was created. Investigation and prosecution are not separated, but a fusion of investigation and prosecution, and the organization is the Special Agency and SFO. Countries around the world do this. We also got rid of the existing securities trading instruments. Is it going to make a den of fraudsters? In this case, if the bank is shaken by illegal loans, how will they respond to crime?”
- Do you mean that market transparency is directly connected to people’s lives?
- “Yes. It is a problem directly connected to the interests of the people. So, we must inform the people. It’s not something to be indifferent to. You must know. Why does it happen? I do it because I have power. Because of their strength, they can’t report damage well. If you are beaten by a powerful guy, can you talk to the teacher?”
“Do not take public interest and safety as hostage just because I hate it.”

President Moon Jae-in, at the time of appointment as president, ordered, “We, President Yoon, received the people’s hope with an attitude that was not loyal to people.” Blue House Photo Reporters

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- I think I was wondering when to reveal my position.
- “There were several greetings. There was also a stage of disciplinary action for the president. However, it returned to the court decision. You may want to drive me out. There is no way to block the majority party just because the heavy water office also opposes. However, just because I hate me, I should not take the safety and interests of the people hostage.”
- He made the word hard.
- “As a general, I have to say what I have to say about the investigations and prosecutions that I have on a regular basis. In the past, the prosecution also exercised the command authority and conducted cognitive investigations, investigating common people’s cases. However, this is not the case due to the adjustment of the authority to investigate the prosecution. swordCharles is not a legal and order institution of the common people, but only the area where the powerless people can breathe by punishing the badass and fouling of the powerless commoners. If even that is deprived, we will retreat our society.to be.”
- The reconciliation of the prosecutor’s right, which was carried out by former Minister Cho Kook as the chief civilian, began in January.
- “In fact, this A problem that is different from the adjustment of the investigative powerAll. The weak, weak, and individual citizens should feel that freedom and rights expand in the field of life, and feel that they are treated fairly according to the law. It means that the people are not’dog pigs’. Who will be able to obey the law? You have to go through an’investigation’ and get a trial. You have to give it a risk. It is a must-do in the country, and it has to be done in order for democracy to become substantive.to be. It is not an ideological problem of left and right, conservative and progressive. It’s a problem for the privileged class.”
- In that sense, does the Heavy Water Agency, where investigation and prosecution are separated, mean a retreat of history?
- “In the past, the Central Investigation Department (Middle and Water Department) investigated financial corruption. It was to prevent financial insolvency by punishing moral hazards and sentenced to medium sentences. If left without investigation, savings banks and banks will become insolvent, and companies will go bankrupt. In this case, the public funds, the people’s taxes, should be used to block them. All workers are fired from their jobs, and commerce creditors and small business owners will not receive money. Against the foul of powerful people StiffnessIs. What is the’canonical adhesion’ that we are talking about? It’s all a crime. Just getting along with alumni in school is not called politics. The problem is’money’ and that is,’crime’. There is no need to weigh conservatives and progress. Now, even if the common people case is handed over to the police, A small number of cases that the prosecutors do in a year must be “killed”. There are many records of such cases and there are many evidences to be investigated. One case is very difficult and difficult. Complex. But that’s a must-do law enforcement in the state. In particular, it is a serious crime case that it is difficult to even initiate such a case if you do not have a lot of court experience like a prosecutor, because even the method of obtaining very small evidence becomes a problem when you go to court.”
- On the 3rd, I visited Daegu Gogum, etc., and it seems to be meaningful because it was relegated while investigating comments from the National Intelligence Service. (※ There are also a number of junior prosecutors who were pushed to the provinces during the so-called’living’ power investigation in the Daegu District Prosecutors’ Office.)
- “In the national tour schedule, I didn’t only go to Daegu. Justice Minister Park Beom-gye also visited Daejeon and Incheon. I was also careful with the novel corona infection (Corona 19), so I couldn’t go to Daegu after talking three times. Even if it doesn’t, the day has been set in advance, asking if it will come from there once from January or February. It’s an area without re-elections.”
- Do you have any plans for the future?
- “There is no such thing. I do it because I have to say it.”
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