Im Eun-jeong, a prosecutor of the Supreme Prosecutor’s Office, was ordered as a prosecutor at the Seoul Central District Prosecutor’s Office at a personnel affair conducted by the Ministry of Justice on the 22nd. The photo shows Ulsan District Prosecutors’ Office at the time of last year’s October 4th, Im Eun-jeong attending the National Assembly’s Administrative Safety Committee as a reference for the national administration audit held at the Seodaemun-gu Police Office in Seoul. yunhap news
As the prosecution policy researcher Lim Eun-jeong (47), who is classified as a pro-government prosecutor, was ordered to serve as a “Seoul Central District Prosecutor’s Office”, it is attracting attention whether the suspicion of a mother-in-law perjury teacher related to former Prime Minister Han Myung-sook (77) will face a new phase. . This is because it has enabled a de facto re-investigation into the case of former Prime Minister Han’s’receiving of illegal political funds of 900 million won’, which was convicted in 2015 by the Supreme Court. However, since the statute of limitations in this case is only one month left, the observation that the’preparation for prosecution’ will be initiated rather than an actual investigation is dominant.
In addition to newly established positions, there is an unusual’conjunctive appointment’
According to the legal community on the 23rd, the core of the action the Ministry of Justice issued the day before as a “combination of the Supreme Prosecutor’s Office and Seoul Central District Prosecutor’s Office” is the’granting of investigation power’. In general, the researchers of the Supreme Prosecutor’s Office were also acting as official representatives of the Seoul Central District Prosecutor’s Office, considering the possibility of converting the investigation into the investigation case, but Researcher Lim was the exception. In the first place, he entered the great prosecutor’s office in September last year under the newly established position of’Inspection Policy Researcher’.
Inside and outside the prosecution, the evaluation of this greeting is said to be “an unprecedented one-point joint appointment”. A high-ranking prosecutor of a local prosecutor’s office said, “It is unusual to create an unprecedented position and send it to the Supreme Prosecutor’s Office, but it is the first time that the Ministry of Justice stepped up and issued an additional position and gave an investigation function.” ‘I left it to me,’ he said. In fact, Researcher Lim said, “I was given the right to investigate difficult circumstances in the social network service (SNS) the day before. A pair of hiking boots is good enough to wear. I will keep going.” He expressed a willingness to speed up the handling of the former Prime Minister Han’s case.
Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office has already concluded’no charge’
The case came to the surface in early April of last year, with suspicion that the prosecution team had “manipulated” key testimony during the investigation and trial of the former Prime Minister Han’s violation of the Political Fund Act in 2010-2011. Han Man-ho (died in 2018), former CEO of Han Shin Kun-young, who was a donor of money, filed a petition to the Ministry of Justice stating that “the prosecution had forced the former Prime Minister to make an unfavorable statement.” Another fellow inmate, Han Mo, argued similarly. However, the case fell into a labyrinth when Mr. Kim, who testified in court that’the former representative Han said he gave money to the former prime minister,’ took the opposite position.
At the time, the Minister of Justice Chu Mi-ae ordered that the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office to investigate. However, Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol gave somewhat mixed orders, saying,’For Choi and Kim, the Human Rights Superintendent’s Office of the Seoul Central District Prosecutor’s Office should investigate, and Mr. Han, the Supreme Prosecutor’s Office. In the face of confrontation between former Minister Choo and President Yoon, the Seoul Central District Prosecutor’s Office after investigating Mr. Choi and Mr. Kim, etc., concluded that the crime of abusive perjury teacher could not be applied to prosecutor A, who investigated the case of the former Prime Minister. The Supreme Prosecutor’s Office is putting off the final judgment.
Only one month of statute of limitations… It seems to minimize the summons of those involved
The focus of attention is the future investigation activities of Researcher Lim, who has the right to investigate. It is known that he has already finished reviewing the relevant records. The possibility of summoning a person involved in the case is discussed, but the statute of limitations ending on the 22nd of next month is a variable. It is said that within a month, it is necessary to determine whether or not to admit the charges of the mother harm perjury teacher, such as the A chief prosecutor. A deputy prosecutor of the district prosecutor’s office predicted that “one month is not enough to call the relevant people to hear the statements,” and “we will carry out work to prosecute at least with a minimum summons investigation”
There are also concerns around the prosecution that’it is a politically sensitive case, and an unreasonable prosecution may be made’. An attorney from the prosecution said, “Six years ago, a former prime minister was convicted and the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office concluded that he was not guilty of the investigation team. To reverse this, considerable evidence would be required. You can be suspicious of your intention.”
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