Kim Jin-wook “I need to confirm Lee Seong-yoon’s claim. Interview… No new content, no record”

Input 2021.03.17 10:45

Lee Seong-yoon clarified “I didn’t apply for an interview”



Jin-wook Kim, Chief of the High-ranking Public Officials Crime Investigation Department/Yonhap News

Kim Jin-wook, head of the High-ranking Public Officials Crime Investigation Department (KPA), was controversial after it was revealed that he had an interview with Seoul Central District Prosecutor’s Office on the 17th, regarding the illegal departure of Kim Hak-ei I needed to check what it was.”

On the way to work at the Gwacheon Government Complex on the same day, Kim met with reporters and said, “The basic investigation was conducted for about 65 minutes in the interview on the 7th, and it was the same as the contents of the lawyer’s opinion.”

Deputy Director Kim pointed out that’the investigation report was prepared but did not leave a record.’ I thought it was not appropriate to leave it.”

Regarding the fact that Suwon District Prosecutor, who had been re-transferred to the case from the airlift, said, “We have not received the details of the interview,” he said, “It’s usually an existing allegation, so I didn’t write it in the investigation report. It seems to have caused a useless suspicion to pass it over,” he said.

He pointed out that there is a rule that if you do not write a record due to the investigation rules, you must leave a reason.

Regarding the reason for the interview with the District Prosecutor General, Kim said, “The Ministry of Public Affairs is advocating a human rights-friendly investigative agency, so if there is any resentment, it is a principle to receive an interview request for major cases in order to hear it.”

“However, there were special circumstances because the current airborne prosecutor is two of the chief and deputy chiefs,” he said. “If the position is established in the future, the prosecutor in charge will be interviewed.”

In an interview with Chief Prosecutor Lee, Deputy Chief Kim claimed that the case was under the exclusive jurisdiction of the Air Defense Agency, but he did not accept it. He said, “The main argument of the suspect and the attorney was that it would be illegal to relocate to the prosecution, and in the end, we did not accept the allegation.”

In addition, he said that the criticism that the prosecutor’s office made a justification for evading the prosecution’s investigation by this investigation was called a “post-hoc interpretation.”

Director Kim said that he had also contacted Suwon District Prosecutors’ Office, who is investigating the case. He said, “I talked twice with Suwon District Prosecutors’ Office before Jae-cheop, and because I heard the opinion of the suspect, it was the intention that it was appropriate to hear the opinion of the investigation team.”

The prosecution against the fact that the prosecution would exercise the right of prosecution to the prosecution while re-transferring the case to the prosecution, the prosecutors objected to the point that “Send off after completing the investigation,” It is also possible to defer the retirement.”

Meanwhile, the District Prosecutor’s Office on the same day issued a statement and said, “while submitting an opinion of the attorney, the attorney applied for an interview with the Airborne Department,” and said, “I did not apply for an interview.” He said, “I applied for an interview, and it was because the Ministry of Public Affairs asked’Let’s come out with the party (Lee District Prosecutor’s Office)’, and that’s what happened,” he said.

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