Former Prime Minister Han Myung-sook was handed over to trial for receiving illegal political funds of 900 million won from the late Han Man-ho, a construction contractor.
In 2015, in two years of imprisonment, he received a final fine of 880 million won and finished serving in prison.
Regarding the charges of former Prime Minister Han, the Supreme Court finally ruled’guilty’.
Apart from this, however, the prosecution’s investigation team’s suspicion of a perjury teacher arose.
The beginning is a reversal of Han Man-ho’s statement.
Han, who was accused of giving illegal political money to former Prime Minister Han, changed his words in the first trial court in December 2010.
The core of the suspicion is that the prosecution’s investigation team convicted and forced Han’s ‘companies in prison’ to testify in court that Han is perjury.
The controversy under the water surfaced in April of last year.
One of Han Man-ho’s prisoner colleagues filed a complaint with the aforementioned allegations to the Ministry of Justice.
After that, the Ministry of Justice and the Prosecutors’ Office bumped into each other.
From where to deal with related cases, to whether or not to be prosecuted, we have faced tightly.
The nerve wars of both sides continued even after Park Bum-gye took office.
When the Supreme Swordsman decided to dismiss the charges on the grounds of’insufficient evidence’, Minister Park invoked the investigation command authority to review it again.
However, even in the reconsideration of senior prosecutors’ officials, the majority of opinions were’no charges’.
The reason seems to be that the testimony of the inmates is not reliable, and that the investigation team at the time did not find any clear evidence that they forced perjury.
As of March 23, 2011, the date of the last legal statement of the witnesses, the statute of limitations for statutory statutes for ‘Primary Perjury’ and ‘Parent Perjury Teacher’ ends today (22nd).
Interest is drawing on what kind of position Minister Park Bum-gye will take.
We’ll deliver it live in a moment.
Then, we will connect reporters and find out more details. Reporter Kang Hee-kyung!
Secretary Park Beom-gye this afternoon reveals his position on maintaining the prosecution of the Great Sword, right?
[기자]
Yes, Justice Minister Park Beom-gye said he will announce his position in the afternoon on reporting that the great swordsman remains innocent on his way to work this morning.
When asked if the directors’ meeting procedure was appropriate, he said that he would also present a judgment on that part in the afternoon.
Criticism for exercising the investigative command was drew a line that it was a procedure that had to be taken anyway before the final judgment.
Let’s hear it yourself.
[박범계 / 법무부 장관 : 최종 판단 전에 어차피 한 번은 거쳐야 할 절차였습니다. ‘만약에 그런 지휘를 하지 않았더라면’을 한번 생각해보시기 바라고요.]
As in the case of the last investigative command, Minister Park will not come in person. Instead, the Prosecutor General and the Prosecutor at the Ministry of Justice plan to hold a briefing at 3 PM.
The core of this issue is the suspicion that the prosecution investigation team at the time forced the inmates to make adverse statements against the former Prime Minister in the case of the violation of the Political Fund Act of the former Prime Minister Han Myung-sook, and that the inmates also perjured at the trial.
The statute of prosecution is completely over at midnight today for both the charges of perjury and the charge of a perjury teacher.
Just before the completion of the statute of limitations, Justice Minister Park Beom-gye invoked the authority to command the investigation, and the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office maintained the existing charges of innocence even after going through a meeting of the Chief Prosecutors and Chiefs Officer and reported this to the Minister of Justice.
As there is not much justification for Park’s refusal to accept the position of the Great Swordsman, the investigation into the charges of the mother harm perjury and the mother harm perjury teacher is expected to end today.
[앵커]
While conducting the investigation, I also ordered a joint prosecution.
A specific position on this also comes out?
[기자]
Yes, the investigation is over, but joint inspections of the Prosecutors’ Office of the Ministry of Justice and the Prosecutors’ Office of the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office remain for illegal and unfair investigation practices at the time.
Previously, while leading the investigation, Minister Park also ordered a joint prosecution, saying that investigations of human rights violations against persons involved in the case of the former Prime Minister Han, unnecessary contact with family members, and the circumstances of the summons investigations related to the case were confirmed.
The Ministry of Justice explained that even if the three-year disciplinary prescription has already passed, it can issue a caution or warning if a serious offense is found as a result of the inspection.
In a situation where criticism continues that the initiation of the investigation and command authority was unreasonable, there are observations that Secretary Park will order the joint inspection more strongly.
Secretary Park is also expected to make a statement on how the joint inspection will be conducted this afternoon in detail.
So far, YTN Kang Hee-kyung at the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office[[email protected]]is.
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