Former Vice Minister of Justice Kim Hak-eui is present at the hearing of the appeals trial held at the Seoul High Court in Seocho-gu, Seoul last October. Newsis
Controversy continues to be held by former Vice Minister of Justice Kim Hak-eui to ban illegal departure. The prosecution will reassign the case to the 3rd section of the Suwon District Prosecutor’s Office, and soon the truth will be revealed. However, the prosecution’s investigation shouldn’t be a way of handing over responsibility to only a few. The prosecution needs to be aware that it is a self-involved case and determine its responsibilities.
The core of the controversy over illegal withdrawals is that in March 2019, in order to urgently prevent former Vice Minister Kim from leaving the city of refuge, the prosecutor of the Supreme Swordsman’s Past Photographic Investigation Team made a withdrawal action without the official approval of the Dongbu District Prosecutor’s Office on the basis of a false internal internal number. This will not be overshadowed by investigation. However, the prosecution investigation should not end with punishing only pro-government figures of the Ministry of Justice and the Supreme Prosecutors who are involved in or tolerated with withdrawal and follow-up measures.
After the withdrawal measure, the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office did not raise any issues and investigated former Vice Minister Kim by extending the withdrawal period. The prosecution also tolerated illegal procedures and was silent. Moreover, it can be said that this case was originally initiated by the prosecution. From the first investigation into the suspicion of sexual entertainment at the villa in 2013, and a re-investigation in which the victim of sexual assault in 2014 personally complained of the damage, the prosecution was consistent with thorough cover-up of my family members and the disposition of no charges, resulting in a fact-finding investigation and emergency withdrawal in 2019. The court’s conviction last year proves how biased the prosecution has been in the past, and it can be said to be an accomplice in that it failed to relieve the limit of sex crime victims due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.
Of course, it is difficult to justify a procedural flaw just because the need for withdrawal is large. The Ministry of Justice said on the 16th that “it is possible to ban the departure from the country even under the authority of the Minister of Justice,” and the procedure was “secondary controversy.” If so, then it is correct if the Minister of Justice Park Sang-hee at the time had taken measures to withdraw money earlier. If the prosecution’s responsibility is neglected and passed to pro-government officials only, it will be interpreted as a target investigation by Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol and the political controversy will not end.
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