The candidate for the first high-ranking officials’ criminal investigation agency (airborne agency) head was narrowed down to two former judges and prosecutors. In the legal community, there is concern that any of the two could turn into a “code investigation” institution that matches the regime’s kiss.
“Kim Jin-wook, neutral but questionable investigation experience”
Kim Jin-wook, senior researcher at the Constitutional Court (left) and Lee Kun-ri, vice-chairman of the National Rights Committee. yunhap news
On the 29th, the legal profession made a different review on Kim Jin-wook (54, training institute 21st), senior researcher at the Constitutional Court, and Lee Geon-ri (57, training institute 16th), vice chairman of the National Rights Committee, who were nominated for the final airlift. Senior researcher Kim from Daegu worked as a lawyer at Kim & Chang Law Firm until 2010 after two years as a judge. In 1999, he participated as a special investigator in the special inspection team in the case of inducing a strike by the Mint Corporation. Since 2010, he has been working as a constitutional researcher and senior researcher at the Constitutional Court.
Senior Researcher Kim is a former judge and is relatively free from political neutrality controversies. However, with little experience in investigating, the question arises whether it is possible to oversee a large-scale power investigation. He and the training center’s motive attorney Kim Jong-min (from Suncheon branch office) said, “As the second prosecutor of the public prosecutors’ office, the size of the organization is not small. Senior Researcher Kim, who is not present, may be suitable as a candidate for the Constitutional Judge, but he is not a suitable person as a candidate for the Minister of Public Affairs.”
“This is okay, but can you rebel against the regime?”
On the other hand, Vice-Chairman Lee has nearly 20 years of investigation experience. After graduating from Jeonju and Seoul National University Law School, he began his career as a prosecutor at the northern branch of the Seoul District Prosecutor’s Office in 1990. He is a former prosecutor who served as the head of the 6th criminal prosecutor of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office, the chief prosecutor of the Jeju-Changwon district, and the head of the prosecutor’s office and tribunal. He served as the chairman of the May 18 Special Investigation Committee of the Ministry of National Defense, which was launched in September last year. He presented the results of an investigation that there was a helicopter fire from the martial law army at the time.
Vice-chairman Lee is often evaluated as a’principalist’. He is said to have played a decisive role in advocating that the KFTC “corresponds to a conflict of interest” regarding the performance of the Minister of Justice’s position as Minister of Justice at the time when his wife was prosecuted in September last year. In February of the same year, Kwon Ik-wi recognized former Blue House Special Superintendent, Kim Tae-woo, who filed whistleblowing after serving at the Blue House as a public interest reporter.
Seokyeol Yoon
He interpreted it as a conflict of interest that the Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol had his defamation case investigated by the Seoul West District Prosecutors’ Office. An attorney from one prosecutor said, “I worked fairly and was fairly balanced even when I was a prosecutor,” he said. “I don’t know if the president can trust Lee, who was a prosecutor, in the trend of the prosecution reform.” Another attorney said, “I wonder if Lee is a person who has lived in public office without difficulty and is enough to rebel against external pressure from power.”
“Born as a monster from birth, you can’t control one person in charge”
There are also concerns that no matter who becomes the chief of the airlift, in essence, the airlift can be free from political power. The day before, Ho-young Joo, the head of the People’s Power, criticized fiercely, saying, “Because I became an airlifter, I am trying to establish a airlifter that hinders the investigation of the prosecution’s legitimate power and destroys the prosecution. Rep. Yoo Sang-beom, a former prosecutor’s office, said, “The unprecedented airlift has been monopolizing the investigation of the regime, excluding the prosecutor general, the highest investigative agency in the constitution.”
There is already a lot of perspective in the legal profession that Yoon Seok-yeol will become the prosecutor general as’the 1st subject of investigation by the Airborne Department. The investigation of the suspicion of’Wolseong Nuclear Power Plant 1 economic evaluation manipulation’ undertaken by the Daejeon District Prosecutor’s Office is also likely to take over. Although the court’s disciplinary action against President Yoon was blocked, the closure of Wolseong Unit 1, where Yoon took out his knife, is regarded as a symbol of the Moon Jae-in government’s’post-nuclear war policy’.
Attorney Dong-Hyun Seok, who was initially nominated as a candidate for the Airborne Division, and resigned, said, “No matter which of the two, the Airborne Service cannot escape the’code investigation’ controversy.” What’s the use if the name is neutral?” He continued, “The Karate Department, which was born as a’monster’ from birth, cannot be controlled by a single chief, it is the case of giving a sword to the Sunmudang.”
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