Beomgye Park, “Listen to the opinion of Han Myung-sook case, Eun-jung Lim” initiated investigation

Minister of Justice Park Beom-gye, on the morning of the 17th, is answering questions from reporters while attending the Ministry of Justice at the Gwacheon Government Complex in Gwacheon City, Gyeonggi Province. News 1

On the 17th, Minister of Justice Park Beom-gye issued an investigation command to the prosecution in connection with the suspicion of a mother harm perjury teacher by the investigation team of former Prime Minister Han Myung-sook. It is the fourth time in history that the Minister of Justice invoked the right to command an investigation.

Minister Park instructed the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office to handle the case, including whether or not to prosecute the person concerned, and to listen to the opinions of the Supreme Prosecutors’ Officer Han Dong-soo and Im Eun-jeong, the prosecution policy researcher. Also, based on the results of the meeting, he was asked to decide whether to file a sentence and prosecute A by the expiration date of the statute of limitations on the 22nd.

At a briefing, the Prosecutor General of the Ministry of Justice, Lee Jung-soo, held a briefing. I said I did.

Then, “The Ministry of Justice’s prosecutor’s office and the Supreme Prosecutor’s Office were jointly ordered to conduct a special inspection on illegal and unfair investigation procedures and practices, and to promptly report the results and improvement measures.” Added.

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“It is difficult to say that the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office has done its best to discover the truth,” Park said in a letter to Prosecutor General Nam-gwan Cho, acting as an acting prosecutor. “It is difficult to see that the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office has done its best to find the true truth.” In terms of making a conclusion without doing so, criticism has been raised that the process of handling the case is unfair, and even the appropriateness of the conclusion is being questioned.”

He added, “This case reveals various problems such as wrong investigation practices, arbitrary case allocation and irrational decision-making in the process of handling the case, and it is determined that it is necessary to correct it.”

Next, “We hope to hold a’Secretary Prosecutors’ Meeting’ in which all managers participate to deliberate on the existence of the charges and the possibility of prosecution.” Go through the discussion process.”

Also, focus on the contents of the testimony that the statute of limitations remains, saying, “Based on the results of the deliberation, by deciding whether to file and prosecute Mr. A until the expiry of the statute of limitations on March 22, please ensure the fairness of the case processing process and the appropriateness of the conclusions. “He added.

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