Chun Hyun-hee, chairman of the Civil Rights Commission, said that the report on the alleged illegal departure ban related to the former Vice Minister of Justice Kim Hak-eui “has met the requirements for public interest report.” The Civil Rights Commission, which received the report, put a brake on the review of the accusation of the reporter of the Ministry of Justice.
On the 2nd, the former chairman appeared on the CBS radio’Kim Hyun-jung’s News Show’ “If it is recognized as a public interest reporter by the Korea Rights Commission, there is a legal (disclaimer) rule that, even if the public interest reporter’s reporting-related activity has disclosed the confidentiality of the job, it is not regarded as leaking the confidentiality.”He said, “If strong protection measures are taken by the KFTC, we can take measures to prevent (accusation) from leaking secrets for public service.”
In a radio interview on the morning of the morning of the 2nd, Jeon Hyun-hee, chairman of the Civil Rights Commission, said in a radio interview that he had quite the requirements of a public interest reporter for the informant who raised the suspicion of the illegal emergency ban on the illegal departure of Kim Hak-eui. The photo shows the former chairman giving a briefing on the results of the 2020 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) by country at the government building annex on the afternoon of the 28th of last month. News 1
The former chairman asked whether the reporter satisfies the requirements of the public interest reporter. “In this case, the content of the report and the evidence are so clear, and because various facts have been reported fairly accurately, it will take a little less time to judge than other cases.” It can be seen that it has the requirements.”Said.
However, it is not the responsibility of the Chairman of the Rights Committee to judge the report received by the KRC as a public interest report, but the committee resolution. In accordance with the enforcement ordinance of the Act, such as the Anti-Corruption Rights Violation Act, it is necessary to attend a majority of members (15) and a majority of the attending members in relation to reports of corruption and public interest. Chairman Jeon added, “The final decision has not been made yet and will be decided soon.”
Cha Gyu-geun, head of the Immigration and Foreigners Policy Headquarters of the Ministry of Justice, announced through a recent media interview that he would review the accusation of a public interest informant who raised the suspicion of illegal emergency departure from the former Vice Minister of Justice Kim Hak-eui as “offense of leaking secrets in public service”. The photo shows the head of the Cha headquarters briefing the enforcement of visa waiver and short-term visa suspension to prevent the reverse inflow and spread of Corona 19 at the Seoul High Court in Seocho-dong, Seoul last April. News 1
Former Chairman’s remarks on the day are contrary to the argument of Cha Gyu-geun, head of the Immigration and Foreigners Policy Division of the Ministry of Justice, suggesting the accusation against the reporter, saying, “When raising a problem, even when raising a problem, it must go through a legal procedure.” Cha is one of the main respondents who approved the urgent withdrawal request of Prosecutor Lee Gyu-won, a member of the Supreme Prosecutor’s Office’s Past Photographic Investigation Group on March 23, 2019.
he is “Sensitive investigative data was leaked to a specific political party in the name of a public interest report.”Was also heard as a basis. However, the Enforcement Decree of the Public Interest Reporter Protection Act stipulates that members of the National Assembly are also public interest reporting agencies. Both the former Chairman and General Manager Cha are from the’lawyer group for democratic society (Minbyun)’.
On the 21st of last month, the Suwon District Prosecutors’ Office car was erected in front of the Gwacheon Ministry of Justice building on the 21st of last month, when the prosecutors investigated the case of the ban on departure from the former Vice Minister of Justice Kim Hak-eui, which was controversial over illegality. yunhap news
The former chairman said, “We have to judge various circumstances on whether to transfer the case to the high-ranking public officials criminal investigation office (airport office) even though the Suwon District Prosecutors’ Office (CEO Jeong-seop Lee) is currently under investigation. It usually takes two to three months for the final decision,” he mentioned three possibilities. ① If the prosecution is already investigating the same case, it can be terminated without a surrender. ② If the prosecution has already completed the investigation at the time of reviewing the reported matters, that is the end. ③ After the review, if a situation has been established that the air prosecution can investigate It means that they can be relocated to (Article 59 of the Anti-Corruption Rights Violation Act).
However, since this is also a matter of the committee’s resolution, the conclusion cannot be predicted. Regardless of the decision of the Authority, if the Minister of Public Affairs judges that it is appropriate to conduct an investigation by the Ministry of Public Service and requests for relocation of the case, the prosecution must comply with it (Article 24 of the Public Service Act). In this regard, the former chairman refused to say “no comment” to the host’s question,’Wouldn’t it be better for the investigator to continue?’
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