President Moon Jae-in on March 8. News 1
“I can’t understand the presidential order to do an investigation and investigation together. I am worried that the investigation could interfere with the investigation.”
An official from the government joint investigation team, who requested anonymity in relation to the suspicion of land speculation in the third new city that utilized the internal secrets of the employees of Korea Land and Housing Corporation (LH), criticized the Blue House’s policy of parallel investigation and investigation. In an interview with JoongAng Ilbo on the 8th. It was a response to President Moon’s order on the day, “Along with the investigation and investigation, and the investigation team hand over the investigation results to the police national investigation headquarters at that time.”
“We need to secure evidence quickly just by investigating”
An official from the LH Joint Investigation Group said, “It is urgent to secure as much evidence as possible quickly and powerfully by investigating without investigation.” If the investigation and investigation are conducted in parallel, the investigation proceeds and the investigation follows in the case of a specific suspicion, and the evidence is highly likely to be damaged in this process. The official stressed, “Once the person who committed the crime is investigated, they become aware that they are the subject of investigation, and they can contaminate or destroy evidence before the investigation comes in.”
There are already signs of damage to the evidence. According to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, 41 of LH and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport did not submit or refused to submit consent to the use of personal information to the investigation team by this day.
An official of the investigation team also said, “I fully agree with the alternative proposed by former Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol.” Former President Yoon also recently told the JoongAng Ilbo that “an immediate and extensive investigation should be conducted without an investigation.” In 2005, when the joint prosecutor’s office was formed under the leadership of the prosecution in the second new city and related prosecutors, Yun had experience investigating a similar case as a prosecutor at the Goyang District Prosecutor’s Office in the Uijeongbu District (Paju Unjeong District).
On the 4th, Yoon Seok-yeol, then the prosecutor general. Reporter Lim Hyun-dong
“Suspicious of political intention” to expand investigation into the late government
Criticism was also raised for announcing that “the scope of the investigation will be expanded to the period of the Park Geun-hye administration”, head of the government joint investigation chief Chang-won Choi.
An official from the investigation team pointed out that “the scope should not be over-extended from the beginning of the investigation.” He said he doubts whether he has political intentions or not.
In the legal community, there is also a bitter voice in the government’s policy of parallel investigation and investigation of LH suspicions. The representative voices of concern over insolvent investigations are that the police (National Investigation Headquarters), which have less experience in serious crime investigations than the prosecutors, are leading the investigation due to the adjustment of the prosecutor’s and police investigation rights. Recognizing this, President Moon ordered, “The prosecution should share the investigation know-how and techniques and discuss closely with the police in discussions to establish the direction of the investigation,” but the prosecution’s reaction is skeptical.
One prosecution officer said, “It is vague in what way the prosecution should help in situations where the prosecution cannot direct the police investigation due to the adjustment of the investigative power,” he said. “In reality, you will be able to engage in the investigation only as long as you review the warrants requested by the police.” said.
Concerns about poor police investigation… “Limited inspection dispatch degree”
Lee Sang-min and the Democratic Party suggested that it is worth actively considering how to dispatch prosecutors with expertise to the noodles. Regarding this, Lee Mi-hyun, a professor at Yonsei University Law School, said, “The dispatched prosecutor may be able to provide some assistance in the investigation, but there is a concern that problems may arise during the prosecution stage.” Prosecutors’ other prosecutors, not dispatched prosecutors, will have to decide whether or not to prosecute. In that case, Professor Lee pointed out that in such a case, it takes too long and it is difficult to properly grasp the case because a huge amount of investigation data has to be grasped only in documents. . Even after the prosecution, there is a risk of acknowledging the accused who must be found guilty for failing to maintain the prosecution.
There is also an illegal controversy over the appearance of Prime Minister Jeong Sye-gyun calling for Nam Gu-jun, head of the Noodles Headquarters, and directing it. Rep. Kim Ki-hyun, who was a former judge, stressed that it was “illegal”, saying, “What qualification does the Prime Minister conduct investigations against neutral investigative agencies?”
Prime Minister Jeong Sye-gyun on the 9th. News 1
According to Articles 14 and 16 of the Act on the Organization and Operation of the National Police and Self-Governing Police, noodle copies must be directed and supervised by the head of the Noodle Headquarters. For a neutral investigation, even the chief of police cannot interfere. Of course, in the case of an urgent and important investigation that poses a serious risk to the people’s property, the Commissioner of the National Police Agency can lead. If the LH suspicious investigation falls under these conditions, then Prime Minister Chung must conduct the investigation through the head of the police agency, but Rep. Kim argues that he violated the legislative purpose by directing the head of the Noodle Headquarters. Moreover, as Prime Minister Chung is a politician belonging to the Democratic Party, he pointed out that the degree of infringement on the neutrality of the noodles is serious. In addition, criticism of the’self-investigation’ has also been raised over the fact that the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport, which is a potential investigation target, is included in the joint government investigation team.
Prosecutor’s Investigator “This investigation is ruined”
A person who claimed to be a prosecution investigator claimed to the blind, an anonymous community application for office workers, “This investigation is ruined.” “There are too many prosecutors and investigators in the prosecution who want to do such an investigation, but it is unfortunate (the prosecution has been excluded from the investigation).” .
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