Before the former Prime Minister Han Myung-sook (center) was imprisoned in the Seoul Detention Center in August 2015. On the left is the current Justice Minister Park Bum-gye. yunhap news
When the prosecution dismissed the suspicion of a mother-in-law perjury teacher in the case of former Prime Minister Han Myung-sook’s investigation team, a civic group filed a complaint against Justice Minister Park Beom-gye, who initiated the investigation and commanded the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office to call a meeting.
According to the legal community on the 20th, the civic group’solidarity of action to establish the rule of law’ is scheduled to accuse Park of the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office on charges of abuse, such as ex officio, on the morning of the 21st.
On the 17th, Minister Park called for a meeting of the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office in connection with the case of former Prime Minister Han, and invoked the investigation and command authority to deliberate on whether or not to be prosecuted. When the prosecution had previously dismissed the case for insufficient evidence, the purpose of this was to hear the opinions of Supreme Prosecutors’ Officer Han Dong-soo and Lim Eun-jeong, the prosecution policy researcher, and judge again.
The meeting was held the day before with the prosecution’s proposal by Acting Prosecutor General Cho Nam-gwan (Deputy Prosecutor General of the Great Swordsman), as well as the head of the great swordsman, as well as the front-line high prosecutors. As a result of the meeting, a 10-2, non-prosecution conclusion was reached.
Accordingly, the law refinery insisted that the invocation of the right to command the investigation by Minister Park was an illegal or unjust abuse of authority. The law refined side said, “It is clearly an abuse of authority and illegal activity beyond the original purpose of the investigative command authority to invoke the investigation command for the impure political purpose of’saving Han Myung-sook.’ That’s true.”
He continued, “By the invocation of the illegal and unfair investigation and command authority that abused Minister Park’s authority, he made acting without obligation to Acting Cho and the front-line prosecutors.” “It is obvious that the prosecutors exercised an illegal or unfair influence on the decision of the prosecution’s criminal prosecution. “It is a very serious anti-constitutional violence that essentially violates the independence and political neutrality of the country.”
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