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It was belatedly known that the incumbent chief judge, who was working in the Gwangju District Law, was sent to the prosecution for violating the’Act on the Prohibition of Unfair solicitation and receipt of money, etc.’ (Kim Youngran Act). Deputy Judge Lee is a person who resigned himself after being nominated for the court chief. The Gwangju Police Agency announced on the 21st that “An anti-corruption economic criminal investigation team investigated the chief judge of A(57) for violating the solicitation prohibition law, and sent the case to the prosecution on the 20th of last month, after investigating the ㄱ(57) chief judge.” A judge is known to be accused of accepting money or other goods in exchange for legal counseling to an acquaintance accused of embezzlement. The police have been investigating for over a year. It was reported that the judge denied the fact of giving and receiving money in last year’s police investigation. Judge a worked for the Gwangju District Court at the time of the case, but it was found that he moved from the court’s regular greeting to another area this month. An official from the Gwangju Police Agency said, “The incumbent judge was sent for violation of the solicitation prohibition law. It is difficult to provide details because of concerns about the public announcement of the suspect.” Judges are known for their stern personality, showing frequent use of public transportation. In the local legal community, there are observations that the case may be related to the resignation of a judge’s candidate for the court chief, which took place last month. Judge a was one of the candidates for the president of the Gwangju District Court recommended by judges under the Gwangju District Court, but he resigned himself from the candidate last month. Incheon District Court Chief Judge Go Young-gu was appointed to this position. Among the seven courts that introduced the ‘recommendation system for the chief of the court’, the Supreme Court issued another person as the chief of the court, instead of the candidate recommended by first-line judges in Gwangju District Court alone. During this process, suspicion was raised that Supreme Court Chief Kim Myung-soo instructed high-ranking officials of the Supreme Court to withdraw Judge A from the candidate for the chief court. There were also criticisms for disabling the recommendation system for candidates for the court president, which was introduced by Supreme Court Chief Kim. However, as the fact that the a judge was sent to the prosecution on charges of receiving money and goods was belatedly known, observations are raised that the Supreme Court excluded him from the candidate for the court’s disqualification. When an investigative agency starts an investigation against a judge, it notifies the court of the jurisdiction. By Kim Yong-hee, staff reporter [email protected]