Input 2021.03.19 10:40 | Revision 2021.03.19 11:12
Left: Attorney General Park Beom-gye (At the time, New Political Democratic Association Member) / Yonhap News
The prosecution has entered a meeting to re-examine the suspicion of a perjury teacher by the investigation team of former Prime Minister Han Myung-sook.
According to the legal community on the 19th, the Supreme Prosecutor’s Office’s meeting of the chiefs of the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office began at 10:05 am on the day. The agenda of the meeting is whether the charges of perjury of the inmate Kim Mo, who appeared as a witness in a trial related to the receipt of illegal political funds of the former Prime Minister of Han, are recognized.
Regarding the fact that Mr. Kim stated that “there was no perjury teacher,” and that another prisoner, Choi Mo, who filed a petition for a perjury teacher to the Ministry of Justice last year, submitted a letter of opinion to the prosecution that reversed the statement to the effect that “there was no perjury teacher.” It is expected that the chief swordsman prosecutors and the high swordsmen on the front line will hold a’discussing discussion’.
The meeting is supervised by Nam-gwan Cho, acting as the acting prosecutor of the Prosecutor General (Deputy Prosecutor of the Great Sword). It is expected that Jung-tae Jo, Chief of Planning and Coordination, Jeong-Hyun Lee, Chief of Public Investigation Department, Jong-geun Lee, Chief of Criminality Lee Jong-geun, Chief of Anti-Corruption and Power Division, Shin Seong-sik, Chief of Tribunal and Transportation Division, Ko Gyeong-soon, Chief of Scientific Investigation Department, and Investigation Chief Han Dong-soo.
The first-line high prosecutors include Sang-cheol Cho, Seoul High Prosecutors’ Office, Oh In-seo Suwon High Prosecutors’ Office, Gangnam-il Daejeon High Prosecutors’ Office, Jang Young-soo Daegu High Prosecutors’ Office, Park Seong-jin Busan High Prosecutors’ Office, and Gu Bon-seon Gwangju High Prosecutors’ Office.
On the morning of this day, participants review the investigation and trial records of former Prime Minister Han, and the records of the inmate Kim, and enter the full-scale meeting from the afternoon.
In addition, it is expected that the prosecution department head Han Dong-soo, the third supervisory supervisor Huh Jeong-soo, and the supervisory policy researcher Lim Eun-jeong, who were involved in the investigation, will also attend the meeting to explain their opinions.
The meeting is highly likely to be a’final discussion’ as the Great Sword has not set an end time. Considering the weekend in that the inmate Kim’s statute of limitations will expire on the 22nd, there is no small possibility that a conclusion will be made late this night.
If attendees do not agree with each other at a meeting, a result is drawn with the approval of a majority of the attendees. In particular, while many of the current chief prosecutors tend to be close friends, the front prosecutors made a statement asking for a reconsideration of the suspension of the duties of former prosecutor general Yoon Seok-yeol at the time of Attorney General Chu Mi-ae at the time, and recently, the government’s legislative law was “no charge”. It is predicted that it will not be easy to overturn this case, which was given a’prosecution’.
However, there is no legal binding power to the conclusion of the Chief Swordsman’s Association, so it is not necessary for the job representative to follow. In fact, acting assistant Cho will make the final decision. However, if the opinion of the prosecution comes out overwhelmingly, it seems that it will be considered.