[단독]Beom-gye Park, private visit to Incheon International Airport Office, involving’withdrawal of Kim Hak’

Justice Minister Park Beom-gye enters the Gwacheon Government Gwacheon Office of Justice on the afternoon of the 9th, answering questions from reporters. yunhap news

It was confirmed that the Minister of Justice Park Beom-gye visited the Incheon International Airport Immigration and Foreigners Office (Incheon Airport Office) under the Incheon District Prosecutor’s Office and the Ministry of Justice on the 10th to hold a meeting with staff. In the case of secretary visits to the Incheon International Airport Office, which was involved in the illegal emergency ban (withdrawal) case of Kim Hak-ei, former vice minister of the Ministry of Justice, there is a back statement from inside and outside the prosecution, “Isn’t there any intention to give a message to the Suwon District Prosecution investigation?” .

To summarize the coverage of the JoongAng Ilbo, Minister Park visits the Incheon District Prosecutor’s Office from 10:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on that day and moves to the Incheon Airport Office. After taking office on the 28th of last month, Minister Park chose Incheon District Prosecutor’s Office as the first visit to the local prosecutors’ office.

After meeting with the Incheon District Prosecutor’s Office, Goheung (Judicial Research and Training Institute 24th), Minister Park will meet with prosecutors, investigators, and general staff members of the Incheon District Prosecutor’s Office to hold a meeting. Luncheons with a small number of people selected by position are also planned. Minister Park is expected to deliver a message requesting participation in the reform of the prosecution. Minister Park visited the press room of the prosecutors’ office on the 4th of last month, when he was a candidate, and said, “Now, please let our prosecutors join the reform of the prosecution.”

On January 21, when the prosecution, investigating the suspicion of “unlawful departure” against Kim Hak-e’s former Vice Minister of Justice, initiated a forced investigation, employees are coming and going from the Immigration and Foreign Affairs Office in Terminal 1 of Incheon International Airport. Suwon District Prosecutors’ Office 3rd Division (Director Prosecutor Lee Jeong-seop) announced that it had executed a seizure and search warrant against the Ministry of Justice starting this morning. The targets of the seizure and search included the office of the Immigration and Foreigners Policy Headquarters, where suspicion of illegally inquiring the immigration records of former Vice Minister Kim at the time of the incident was raised. News 1

In the legal profession, it is interpreted that the reason that Minister Park chose the Incheon District Prosecutor’s Office as the first place to visit was a paving stone to visit the Incheon International Airport Office. Currently, there are no special issues in the Incheon District Prosecutors’ Office, and the Incheon International Airport Administration has implemented a withdrawal measure against former Vice Minister Kim, and many of the relevant employees are being subpoenaed by the prosecution.

Suwon District Prosecutor’s Office 3rd Criminal Division (Director Jeong-seop Lee) is the head of Incheon Airport Administration, who executed the emergency withdrawal measures for former Vice Minister Kim at midnight on March 23, 2019 based on the false withdrawal request of Prosecutor Gyu-won Lee, who was dispatched by the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office. On the 28th of last month, he was summoned as a reference. Commissioner A is still in charge of the Incheon Airport Administration. The investigation team called the majority of the people involved, including the staff at the time, including the manager of the site and the manager in charge of information analysis, who dispatched the withdrawal to the site at the time, as well as the employees of the Immigration and Foreigners Policy Division of the Ministry of Justice. Accordingly, there are observations that a summons investigation is imminent on the head of the Immigration and Foreigners Policy Headquarters of the Ministry of Justice, Cha Gyu-geun, who later approved Kim’s request for withdrawal.

It is said that Minister Park’s visit to the Incheon International Airport Office will be carried out by the head of Cha headquarters. There may be an appearance that empowers the head of the Cha headquarters, the subject of investigation. If Minister Park visits the Incheon International Airport Office and remarks to the relevant staff about the measures at the time, “no problem,” it may be seen as external pressure for the investigation.

An official of the prosecution said, “There are no issues with the Incheon District Prosecutors’ Office at the moment, and Goheung Incheon District Prosecutor’s Office was named in the statement of the prosecutor who opposed the suspension of the duties of the former Justice Minister Chu Mi-ae. “Isn’t it a preliminary work to visit Incheon International Airport Office, which was involved in the Suwon District Prosecutor’s Office,” he said.

The Ministry of Justice said, “We cannot confirm the schedule,” despite the official schedule of the minister. Regarding this, there is an interpretation that it is because there may be a backstory regarding the Suwon District Prosecution investigation.

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