Yonggu Yong-gu’s high school junior investigating’illegal withdrawal’, not investigating the reporter for a month

Vice Minister of Justice Lee Yong-gu attends the 4th meeting of the Democratic Party Prosecutors’ Reform Special Committee held at the National Assembly on the 12th and speaks. [연합뉴스]

On March 22, 2019, the investigation command of the Anyang Branch Office, which is investigating the allegation of the illegal emergency ban (withdrawal) of Kim Hak-eui, former Vice Minister of Justice, is entangled with the suspected party, academic relations, and service relations, raising concerns. In particular, front-line prosecutors are paying attention to whether Anyang Branch Deputy General Manager Park Jin-won, a junior high school junior of Vice Minister of Justice Lee Yong-gu, who was cited as a key figure in the alleged illegal withdrawal as a past son-in-law of the Ministry of Justice at the time, is paying attention to whether he can properly lead the case.

On the 13th, the JoongAng Ilbo report is summarized. On the 3rd, the people’s power submitted a public interest report containing all of the allegations of illegal withdrawal of Kim, and the public interest report case passed to the third part of detectives of Anyang District (Prosecutor Kim Je-seong). The final dividend was paid on the 8th. The public interest report contained documents that were evidence of illegality, related laws, and incomplete investigations and investigations into the allegations in the past. Prosecutors say, “It has already included evidence of the Ministry of Justice’s prosecution and the first investigation in 2019, so the investigation can be initiated immediately based on the report.”

However, it is known that the Anyang branch, which received the public interest report, has not even investigated the reporter for a month. Accordingly, the prosecutors raised suspicion that they were crushing the case against Anyang Branch Officer Lee Geun-soo and Deputy Director Park.

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 last year, and answers questions. [뉴스1]

In particular, he paid attention to the fact that Deputy Minister Park is between Vice Minister Lee and Daewon High’s senior and junior. Vice Minister Lee served as a secretary of the Ministry of Justice’s Prosecutors’ Past Committee as head of the Ministry of Justice’s Justice Department in March 2019 when the Supreme Prosecutor’s Office investigated allegations of sexual entertainment by former Deputy Minister Kim. Deputy Minister Lee is in a position to become the centerpiece of the Ministry of Justice in the prosecutor’s office at the time when the resignation of Justice Minister Chu Miae and the inauguration of Justice Minister Park Bum-gye are combined.

This vice minister is suspected of planning an illegal withdrawal at the time, and his junior is directing the investigation into the allegations. On the 13th, Vice Minister Lee started to draw a line on the suspicion that was raised on the 13th, “It was just mentioning the need to prevent departure, but I was not familiar with the specific procedure.” Front-line prosecutors say, “Chief Lee and Deputy Director Park are talking about the same motives as a student at Seoul National University’s 91st class.” However, some people thought that the suspicion that Park was delaying the investigation due to the relationship between Vice Minister Lee and GK was unfounded. One prosecution officer said, “Just because there is a school ties, it does not confirm whether the relationship is really close personally, or whether the school ties influenced the investigation.”

In addition, there is a relationship between Chief Prosecutor Lee Seong-yoon, who served as secondary prosecutors under the command of Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office, who was suspected of attempting concealment immediately after the former vice minister’s illegal withdrawal. It is also pointed out within the prosecution that this will be an obstacle to the investigation.

On March 23, 2019, the day after the withdrawal of former Vice Minister Kim, he called a senior official at the Seoul East District District Prosecutor’s Office to inform him that the internal company number was assigned without the approval authority, the Dongbu District District Prosecutor’s Office, and said, There is a suspicion of making a request for the purpose of’.

The Anyang Office briefly stated that it was “receiving a public interest report and reviewing or investigating it according to the procedure” in response to the suspicion of crushing the investigation.

Reporters Jung Yu-jin and Kang Kwang-woo [email protected]