Professor Kyung-Shim Chung of Dongyang University is attending the first trial sentence held at the Seoul District Court in Seocho-gu, Seoul on the 23rd. Reporter Woo Sang-jo
The fact that Professor Kyung-Shim Chung was sentenced to four years in prison is expected to affect Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol’s application for suspension of execution for two months of suspension.
On the 24th, the legal community interpreted that if the execution of President Yoon’s suspension for two months is not suspended, the investigation aimed at the current administration, like the former Justice Minister Cho Kook’s family investigation, will virtually cease. On the 23rd, one day before the second interrogation on the case of the application for suspension of execution of the 12th administrative division of the Seoul Administrative Court (Deputy Judge Hong Soon-wook), Professor Jeong, the wife of former Minister Cho, was sentenced to four years in prison and was confined to the court. It is interpretation.
“If you leave the room, the regime investigation shakes”
Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol is taking a walk with his pet dog at his home in Seocho-gu, Seoul on the morning of the 18th. Reporter Lim Hyun-dong
Immediately after the court sentenced Professor Jeong, the role of President Yoon, who led an investigation into the family of former Minister Cho, with a willingness against the opposition of passport and pro-government prosecutors, was refocused. The vice-president judge of the metropolitan area said, “This is a possible result because President Yoon was given a unique authority to command the investigation through a personnel hearing.” The front-line prosecutors also feared that the absence of the president with his own authority could not be completely replaced by the proxy system of the deputy prosecutor of the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office. A local prosecution officer said, “There is no choice but to be a difference in the leadership of the chief prosecutor who has to change positions whenever the president and the Minister of Justice exercise their personnel rights.”
Yoon’s side is also planning to insist that it is inevitable to neutralize existing power investigations such as the Wolseong nuclear power plant and the Optimus and Lime Fund cases due to the absence of President Yoon. Daejeon District Prosecutor’s Office 5th Criminal Division (Prosecutor Sang-Hyeon Lee) prosecuted three executives of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy who deleted related data ahead of the inspection of the Wolseong Nuclear Power Plant by the Audit Office, and is aiming the blade at who the’supervisor’ who ordered the deletion of data. The prosecution’s blade is at a critical crossroads leading to the Blue House, but the investigation could be shaken if Yoon leaves the office again.
Lee Yong-gu is the head of’Baewoon-kyu’
At the National Assembly on the 24th, a so-called judicial committee related to the Severe Disaster Law was held. Vice Minister of Justice Lee Yong-gu is moving to the conference room. Reporter Oh Jong-taek
The direction of the Optimus Fund case under investigation by the Department of Economic Crime (Prosecutor Min-cheol Joo) under the Seoul Central District Prosecutor’s Office may also change according to President Yoon’s move. After Lee Nak-yeon, the deputy chief of the Democratic Party’s representative office, died during the investigation on the 4th, the investigation has been sluggish. There is also a concern that the investigation by the 6th section of the Seoul Southern District Prosecutor’s Office (Director Prosecutor Kim Rak-hyun) against passport officials who are suspicious of being involved in the Lime Fund case may be fuzzy. Former Daegu High Prosecutor General Yoon Gap-geun, who has been suspicious of lobbying, was arrested on the 11th, but the investigation of passport personnel is not speeding up. In the absence of President Yoon, who has the right to consult with personnel, the possibility of the Minister of Justice dismantling the existing power corruption investigation team as a massacre is even greater.
If the absence of President Yoon and the appointment of a successor to Justice Minister Chu Mi-ae overlaps, vice-minister of Justice Yong-gu Yong-gu is actually forced to serve as head of the Ministry of Justice and the prosecution. The prosecution officer who requested anonymity said, “Minister Chu has also expressed his gratitude, and until the successor of the minister comes, Lee must act as the minister in effect.” “We cannot rule out the possibility of escorting in Muju Gongsan.” . Vice Minister Lee served as a defense for former Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Paik Woon-gyu, who was pointed out as a key figure in the Wolseong nuclear power plant case, just before he was nominated as Vice Minister. At one time, he was affiliated with the LKB law firm, which served as a defense for the former minister’s family. Deputy Minister Lee is also suffering from allegations of assaulting a taxi driver recently.
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