Seoul Central District Prosecutor’s Office Lee Seong-yoon (Anti-Corruption/Strong Chief of the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office at the time of the investigation into the alleged withdrawal of Kim Hak-ei). yunhap news
Seoul Central District Prosecutor’s Office Lee Seong-yoon, a key figure in the allegations of external pressure in the investigation of the illegal departure of the former Vice Minister of Justice Kim Hak-eui, stated that the prosecution’s investigation was illegal, saying, “The case must be sent back to the high-ranking public officials criminal investigation office.”
Prosecutor Lee said on the 23rd through a lawyer that he submitted an additional statement to the Suwon District Prosecutor’s Office on the 19th.
The lawyer reiterated that there was no external pressure to stop the investigation by Chief Prosecutor Lee. The lawyer said, “The Supreme Prosecutors’ Office of Anti-Corruption and Power reported the report to the Attorney General (Moon Moo-il) in June 2019. “Look,” he said.
“The last sentence of the report of the Anyang District Office in July 2019 was only directed by the prosecutor general to write the results of the investigation into the command. I know, there were no illegal elements in the order of the Prosecutor General, which is the subject of the final report.”
The lawyer said that the details were detailed in Lee’s work log and submitted it as a copy to the Suwon District Prosecutor’s Office.
On the morning of the 17th, the Gwacheon City Government, Gyeonggi-do Gwacheon Government Office, the criminal investigation office for high-ranking public officials. News 1
In particular, on the 12th, the prosecutor of the District Prosecutor’s Office made clear his opposition to the sentencing of the airlift to return the case to Suwon District Prosecutors’ Office. At the time, the Ministry of Public Service sent a letter stating that the case was re-transferred to the Suwon District Prosecutor’s Office due to lack of organizational structure, etc.
The Prosecutor’s Office said, referring to the airlift law that stipulates that’if any investigative agency other than the investigative agency finds a high-ranking public official’s crime, the head of the investigating agency should transfer the case to the investigating agency’. It is the exclusive jurisdiction of the airborne agency for crimes of high-ranking public officials by the prosecutor,” he argued.
He said, “This regulation is a mandatory and compulsory regulation,” he said. . In addition, it pointed out that the prosecution may violate the Airborne Law for further investigations without transferring the case to the airlift.
Meanwhile, Prosecutor Lee, refusing to comply with the prosecution’s 4th subpoena notification, submitted a statement of reasons for non-show, stating that’the prosecution’s forced investigation is illegal.’
Reporter Na Unchae [email protected]
