![[단독]Kim Hak’s Withdrawal Approval Approved Cha Gyu-geun, “Legal, Do Not Agitate” to Employees](https://pds.joins.com/news/component/htmlphoto_mmdata/202101/18/060b8f42-72fd-443b-9797-581485e7f9c3.jpg "[단독]Kim Hak’s Withdrawal Approval Approved Cha Gyu-geun, “Legal, Do Not Agitate” to Employees")
Regarding the allegations of illegal departure by former Deputy Minister of Justice Kim Hak-eui, it has been confirmed that Cha Gyu-geun, head of the Immigration and Foreigner Policy Headquarters of the Ministry of Justice, recently claimed to employees that it was “legally executed”. On March 23, 2019, the head of the headquarters of the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office was the person who approved the request for an emergency ban on departure from former Vice Minister Kim Gyu-won of the Supreme Prosecutor’s Office.
Official letter to the Immigration Headquarters and affiliated agencies ahead of the investigation
According to an interview with the JoongAng Ilbo on the 18th, on the 15th, the head of the headquarter Cha, sent to the head of the immigration headquarters, the head of the subsidiary, the head of the office, the head of the branch office, etc. Recently, media reports are continuing on the legitimacy of the departure ban process against the former Deputy Minister of Justice Kim Hak-e. “The matter was lawfully executed according to the procedure stipulated in the Immigration Control Act, so employees do not be shaken by the media reports, but I hope you will be faithful to the bar business.”
It was confirmed on the 18th that Cha Gyu-geun, head of the Immigration and Foreigners Policy Headquarters of the Ministry of Justice, claimed that it was “legitimate” about the controversy over the illegality at the time of the emergency ban on departure from former vice minister Kim Hak-gun through a business contact sent to employees on the 15th. In the picture, the head of the headquarters of Cha makes a remark about the’short-term visa suspension, visa waiver agreement, and temporary suspension of visa-free entry’ at the Seoul High Prosecutor’s Office in Seocho-dong, Seoul on the afternoon of April 9 last year. yunhap news
Director Cha, who has been at the bar association for a democratic society (Minbyun) for the fourth year, is among the’superiors’ who pointed out that the public interest reporter who reported the case to the National Rights Commission of Korea ordered an illegal act in the process of withdrawing former vice-minister Kim. It is one. The public interest reporter, in the report, inspected personal information such as real-time departure information of former Vice Minister Kim, who was a civilian at the time, even before the investigation and internal investigation by the investigative agency about former Vice Minister Kim started in the middle of March 2019. They revealed that they had approved the request for approval after the emergency withdrawal containing the case number. In response, the head of the headquarter Cha, who is the party concerned, directly refuted that it was “legitimate.”
In an internal report on March 25, prepared by the Immigration Headquarters two days after the emergency withdrawal of former Vice Minister Kim, ▶Prosecutor Gyu-won Lee, who was dispatched to the Great Checkup at the time, was difficult to be the subject of urgent withdrawal requests.▶The subject of emergency withdrawals was limited to’criminal suspects’. According to the Immigration Control Act, there will be legal controversy. However, there is also a defensive logic that says, “Considering the urgent situation, this is a formal defect in a simple procedure, and in fact, it can be argued that it is a legitimate measure for a case that was actually conducted simultaneously by the fact-finding team and the Seoul East District Prosecutors’ Office.”
Approved as “requirements are met” by the manager “not approved and put on ex officio (withdrawal) from the minister”
The prosecution began investigating when Kim Hak-eui, the former Vice Minister of Justice, received a public interest report stating that the emergency ban on departure in the process of re-investigation decision on his allegations was illegal, regardless of the fact of the consultation convicted in the court. The photo shows former Vice Minister Kim appearing as the Seoul East District Prosecutor’s Office on the morning of May 9, 2019. Reporter Lim Hyun-dong
It is observed that Cha’s claim to be’legitimate’ is based on the same logic. The Ministry of Justice also said in a statement on the 12th, “As the prosecutor belonging to the investigation team corresponds to an’investigation agency’ that has been ordered as a prosecutor for the Seoul East District Prosecutor’s Office, it has the authority to give an internal investigation number and request an emergency departure.”
According to the public interest report, in response to the request for approval of this prosecutor, middle officials such as the head of the Immigration Policy and Immigration Division said, “The fact-finding team is not a prosecutor’s office, so it is not possible to request withdrawal, and the subject of emergency withdrawal must be a criminal suspect.” In the situation, it was revealed that the head of the Cha headquarters pushed for approval. An immigration officer said in the Kakao Talk group chat room, “The manager talks about urgently disapproving and taking it under the authority of the minister, and the head of the headquarters is a suspect or not, and the investigating agency (prosecutor) judges and requests it, so it can be considered that it meets the urgent requirements.” “It seems to be going towards the opinion of the head of the headquarters,” and the report also contains the real-time broadcast of the situation.
Meanwhile, Director Cha also instructed through the same business contact, “If there is a request from an investigative agency, please respond as it is and actively cooperate in the investigation.” In this regard, an official said that complaints between the Immigration Headquarters of the Ministry of Justice and the front line office workers are spreading, “Isn’t only the relevant staff trying to’cut the tail’?”
Suwon District Prosecutor’s Office 3 (Director Jeong-seop Lee), who is investigating the suspected illegal withdrawal of Kim Hak, will promptly review the public interest report and related evidence, and then initiate an investigation of the respondent, including the reporter and the immigration headquarters staff at the time.
Reporter Ha Junho [email protected]