Suddenly, the prosecution’s investigation was slowing down… Pay attention to whether Lee Seong-yoon’s case re-transfer
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The arrest warrant against the head of the Immigration and Foreigners Policy Headquarters Cha Gyu-geun, former Vice Minister of Justice Kim Hak-eui, was dismissed at the court in the early morning of the 6th. The dismissal of the arrest warrant against the head of Cha headquarters put a brake on the prosecution’s investigation, which speeded up the search for confiscation and summons of related persons.
Dae-Seok Oh, a warrant dedicated to the Suwon District Law, conducted an interrogation of the suspect before arrest for the head of the headquarters under suspicion of obstructing the exercise of the right of abuse of authority, writing and exercising false official documents, and abandonment of duty. It is difficult” and dismissed the warrant.
Judge Oh said, “The matter is not light when considering the need to comply with strict due process, but it is difficult to judge that there is fear of destruction of evidence or fear of escape in light of the evidence collected during the investigation and the attitude of the suspect in the investigation.” .
Director Cha is charged with receiving reports of personal information inquiries including Kim’s name, date of birth, immigration control information, etc., from the morning of March 19, 2019 to the afternoon of the 22nd of the same month, 177 times from the morning of March 19, 2019 to the afternoon of the 22nd of the same month, Are receiving. In addition, he is also charged with approving the withdrawal request on the morning of the 23rd, a day later, despite knowing the circumstances that the prosecutor of the Past Photographic Investigation Group at the time of the Great Prosecutor’s Office at the time was illegally taking an emergency withdrawal action against former Vice Minister Kim.
The prosecution said that the charges were proved after calling the head of the headquarters of Cha as a suspect three times last month, and filed a full-fledged arrest warrant on the 2nd. However, as the court dismissed the arrest warrant, the prosecution’s investigation that was accelerating was put to a standstill.
However, as the reason for dismissing the warrant by the court is not to the effect that there is room for contention over the criminal charges, it is expected to choose the procedure of completing the investigation and handing over the head of the Cha headquarters to trial rather than reclaiming the warrant.
It is also of interest that the case of incumbent prosecutors, such as Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office, Lee Seong-yoon, who was relocated to the high-ranking public officials criminal investigation office (public prosecutors’ office), will be relocated to the prosecution (Suwon District Prosecutors’ Office). On the 3rd, the prosecution transferred the cases of incumbent prosecutors, including Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office Lee Seong-yoon, who was suspicious of outside investigation, and Lee, who was suspected of taking illegal emergency withdrawal measures, to the airlift. The Minister of Public Affairs Kim Jin-wook has decided until next week whether the Ministry of Public Affairs will conduct an investigation or relocate to the prosecution.
In addition, discussions on whether to hold the Prosecutors’ Investigation Deliberation Committee, which has requested a convocation, is expected to gain momentum.
The Prosecutors’ Investigation Deliberation Committee is a system to deliberate on the investigation process of cases in which national suspicion has been raised and to evaluate the legality of the results. It consists of 15 members selected by random lottery out of 150 experts from various fields.
Meanwhile, prior to attending the warrant examination the day before, Cha headquarters asked reporters whether the ban on departure for former Vice Minister Kim was illegal, “It is not illegal. “It was a situation where former Vice Minister Kim was secretly trying to escape overseas by using automatic immigration and immigration late at night,” he said. “I want to ask the public whether it is right for me, the head of the immigration headquarters, to leave without taking any action and let them escape overseas.”
/ Reporter Lee Hee-jo [email protected], Reporter Son Gu-min [email protected]
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