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| ▲ Deputy General Prosecutor Jeong Jin-woong leaves the building without a word Deputy Prosecutor Jeong Jin-woong, Gwangju District Prosecutor’s Office, who was convicted of self-directed assault during the seizure and search process, leaves the building after the first trial date held at the Seoul Central District Court in Seocho-gu, Seoul on the morning of the 20th. Deputy Prosecutor Jeong, who was investigating the attempted coercion of former Channel A reporter Lee Dong-jae, was charged in October of last year for assaulting a prosecutor in the process of seizing and searching for a mobile phone SIM chip of Prosecutor Han Dong-hoon in July 2020. | |
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“I have never pressed or climbed to assault prosecutor Han Dong-hoon. It is true that I was pressed onto the body of a prosecutor at the time, but it was only lost in the process of securing a cell phone.”
On the 20th, a formal trial was held between Prosecutor Han Dong-hoon (Researcher of the Legal Affairs and Training Institute) and Jung Jin-woong, deputy prosecutor of the Gwangju District Prosecutor’s Office. On that day, the prosecutor who was elected to the court denied all the charges of assaulting a prosecutor in the process of seizure and search along with the preceding words. Prosecutor Chung argued, “If a prosecutor had properly submitted his cell phone, there was no reason for him to exercise tangible power.”
Jeong Jin-woong “If Han Dong-hoon submitted his cell phone properly, he wouldn’t have exercised his physical power.”
The prosecution and the prosecutors’ side explained the situation of the struggle that took place on July 29, 2020 at the trial that took place at the hearing on the 22nd Division of the Seoul Central District Court’s Criminal Agreement (presiding judge Yang Chul-han). In the above case, prosecutor Jeong, who was part of the investigation team of the so-called “probate collusion case,” in which reporter Lee Dong-jae of Channel A was involved, arose in the process of seizure and search for a prosecutor who was designated as a suspect. At the time, one prosecutor used a cell phone that was the subject of seizure and search, saying that he would call a lawyer on the scene, and the prosecutor Chung, who was in charge, physically blocked it, causing a crash.
(Related article: Han Dong-hoon in a struggle and the investigation team of’words collusion’… both sides’I was beaten’)
The issue is whether or not Jung’s behavior was intentional. First, the prosecution (one prosecutor’s side) said that at the time, prosecutor Chung pressed one prosecutor over his body and injured the anterior teeth for three weeks. The prosecution said, “The victim (prosecutor one) requested a phone call while requesting his participation in the seizure and search process, and the defendant allowed the use of the mobile phone,” said the prosecution. “When the victim tried to unlock the mobile phone, the defendant suddenly ‘ “You shouldn’t do this,” he said, and ran to the victim, grabbed his shoulder, climbed over his body and pressed the victim.” In other words, it is alleged that even though Prosecutor Chung gave permission to use the mobile phone, it was suddenly assaulted.
On the other hand, attorney on Prosecutor Jung’s side completely denied the charges. First, he pointed out, “In the first place, Han Dong-hoon’s claim was that the defendant struck him by flying over the table, but the indictment was different.” “Prosecutor Jung said,’You shouldn’t do this,’ in order to stop Han Dong-hoon from committing an act suspected of destroying evidence and to request the submission of a mobile phone,” he said. “Even so, Dong-hoon Han refused to submit a mobile phone. He refuted that it was part of a legitimate job performance (omitted) to sanction and secure cell phones.
Then, Prosecutor Jeong, who was a party to the war, also said his position. Prosecutor Jeong said, “If you look at the facts of the prosecution, it is as if I deliberately climbed or pressed on the body of the prosecutor, but I have never done such an act to assault a prosecutor.” I lost it, (omitted) I did not act with the intention of abuse of authority.”
Prospect of court attendance by Donghoon Han
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| ▲ Prosecutor Dong-Hoon Han (Researcher of Legal Research and Training Institute). (Material photo) | |
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The problem is that there is no video filming the decisive scene of the land battle, so we have to rely only on the statements of witnesses. The video was only taken just before and after the assault occurred. In this regard, Prosecutor Jeong said, “At the time, the investigator was asked to film the entire process of the seizure and search, but the filming was stopped at the order of Han Dong-hoon. At that time, this incident occurred, and the filming was resumed immediately afterwards.”
The prosecution is in a position that it is possible to estimate the situation at the time just by photographing immediately before and after. Accordingly, the court decided to play the above video at the trial held on March 31 after conducting a witness newspaper on the two witnesses at the time on March 10. Prosecutor Han is expected to be assigned the last number of witnesses adopted and appear in court later in the trial.