When I checked the original text of the response from the Ministry of Justice… “It is difficult to answer at the expected time of deciding whether to initiate a re-investigation.”
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| ▲ The article “Suspicious Autumn Son’s Vacation Suspicion, Seoul High Prosecutors Investigate Again” published on page A8 of the Chosun Ilbo on January 1, 2021. | |
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Day 1 is'[단독] Chu Mi-ae’s son suspicion of military vacation, Seoul High Prosecutor’s Office re-investigate the origin’ Reported in this article, “The Seoul High Prosecutor’s Office is currently re-investigating the suspicion of Choo’s son’s military leave in the Criminal Division (Director Park Chul-woong) in a written response submitted to the National Power of the People’s Power of Congressman Kim Do-eup.”
But <오마이뉴스>As a result of checking through an official in the Kimdo-eup National Power House Office on the 1st, <조선일보> The report content differed from the actual content in two points.
First, it is the source of the written answer. Stipulated that the Seoul High Prosecutor’s Office submitted a written response to the Kim Do-eup Assembly Office. However, as a result of checking with the Kim Do-eup office, the’data manager’ in the original written answer is the Criminal Planning Division of the Ministry of Justice. In other words, it was not the Seoul High Prosecutors’ Office, but the Ministry of Justice submitted a written answer to the Kim Do-eup office.
The Office of Congressman Do-eup Kim said to the Ministry of Justice,’The Seoul High Prosecutor’s Office and the name of the prosecutor in charge of the case of non-return to the son of Minister Chu Mi-ae, who appealed from the power of the people on October 27,’whether the investigation data received from the Seoul East District Prosecutor’s Office completed review”Seoul I have asked for the expected timing (within this year or next year) to decide whether or not the high prosecutor will begin reinvestigation.
The second is the difference in interpretation over the existence and meaning of the sentence that’is re-investigating’. The answer submitted by the Ministry of Justice to the Office of the Assemblyman of Kim Do-eup <조선일보> Unlike the content of the article, there was no sentence saying’I’m doing a re-investigation’. In the original text of the response, it is stated that “The case requested by the commissioner (the case of the son of Minister Chu) is being investigated by the Seoul High Prosecutors’ Office.”
In addition to this, the Ministry of Justice responded in a written response, “In addition, the name of the prosecutor in charge (related to the case of the son of Minister Chu), whether the investigation data has been reviewed, and the expected timing of the decision to initiate a re-investigation may affect the ongoing investigation. It is difficult” he answered. They did not answer when it was decided whether to initiate a re-investigation.
Seoul High Prosecutor’s Office “I haven’t checked with the Assemblyman’s Office of Kim Do-eup… There is no wrong answer from the Ministry of Justice.”
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| ▲ On the morning of the 29th, Minister of Justice Chu Mi-ae is announcing the ‘2021 New Year Special Pardon’ at the Seoul Government Complex. The Ministry of Justice announced that on the 31st of the coming year, a total of 3,024 people, including small and medium-sized businessmen and small business owners, criminal offenders, special consideration (negative) prisoners, and instructors in social conflict, will be held on the 31st. | |
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The explanation that the Ministry of Justice is “in the midst of an investigation” seems to mean an investigation at the level of hearing the appeal by the prosecution, rather than deciding to initiate a full re-investigation of the case.
Seoul High Prosecutor’s Office <오마이뉴스>In a phone call with him, the Ministry of Justice confirmed that it was correct that the Ministry of Justice answered “under investigation” about the case of the Choo son’s case in written materials in the Kim Do-eup office. This is because it is not a’full-scale re-investigation’, but’investigation’ is the overall process of reviewing records and confirming the contents when hearing an appeal.
Following this, the official explained, “(Minister Chu’s son case) is in a situation where the appeal is being heard. It is not in a situation where a re-investigation decision has been made yet.”
He said, “In general, if a case comes to the high prosecution after an unprosecution, the case is allocated and then the record is reviewed and a decision is made to dismiss the appeal, or the original case is directly corrected (fixed) to the court office for re-investigation. There are cases,” he added. “In general (the appeal hearing process) is divided into these three cases, and now it is a step to review which decision to make.”
In addition, the official said, “We have not given any data to the Kim Do-eup congressional office in this regard, nor have we confirmed objectively.” He pointed out that the source of the answer is not the Ministry of Justice, but that there is’room for misinformation’ for the part that was reported as Seoul High Prosecutors’ Office.