The prosecution confiscated the Ministry of Justice for the second day to see if there was any illegality in the process of banning the departure of former Deputy Justice Kim Hak-eui from the country. Minister Choo Mi-ae protested, saying, “Who is the investigation for the public good?”
This is Shin Aram.
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The Suwon District Prosecutor’s Office, which investigates the case of Kim Hak-e’s former Vice Minister of Justice’s departure ban, continued seizure and search today, following yesterday (21st).
We have obtained data from the Immigration Division of the Ministry of Justice.
Suwon District Prosecutor’s Office said, “It took a long time to model the electronic information to be confiscated.”
The prosecution was also found to have seized and searched the information center of the Seoul Immigration and Foreigners Agency in Yangcheon-gu, Seoul today.
The seizure search is expected to close sometime today, and digital forensics work will begin next week.
The Ministry of Justice once again emphasized that in March 2019, there was no problem in the process of inquiring Kim’s immigration information and approving an emergency ban on departure.
In particular, he refuted the suspicion that the personal information of former Vice Minister Kim was illegally viewed 177 times with specific numbers.
[차규근/법무부 출입국본부장 : 1번 조회를 하는 데 있어서도 10번 이상 로그(접속) 기록이 생기는 경우가 있습니다. 로그, 로그 되는 카운트 되는 횟수가 154회고 실질적으로 하나의 어떤 확인작업을 그루핑(분류)하면 27회다, 154회가 아니라.]
In addition, he argued that ’19 of these 27 cases were inquired by employees in the process of preparing to answer questions to the National Assembly’s inquiries to former Vice Minister Kim’.
Justice Minister Choo Mi-ae posted a post on social media criticizing the prosecution’s investigation, saying, “Who is it for the public interest to reconstruct the scenario and confiscate the Ministry of Justice for real and post crime suspects?”
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