Submit written response to the personnel hearing to the National Assembly on the 17th
Regarding the criticism that’there is no mechanism to check airborne agencies’
“In the process of conceiving an internal inspection organization composed of external members”
Controversy over the acquisition of stock ineligibility is “company obligations”
Candidate Jin-wook Kim is interviewing reporters on the morning of the 13th at the Ima Building, Jongno-gu, Seoul, where the hearing preparation office is located. yunhap news
Kim Jin-wook’s first high-ranking public officials criminal investigation agency head candidate announced that he would actively review the necessity of restricting the stock ownership and trading of the chief public officials or prosecutors belonging to the air defense agency.
In the written response to the personnel hearing submitted to the National Assembly on the 17th, Candidate Kim said, “Referring to the rule of thumb for prohibiting stock trading by prosecutors belonging to corporate-related investigations or policy departments, he is willing to completely ban the stock trading of the Minister of Public Service and officials from the Ministry of Public Service. Is there a question, “I will actively review the necessity if a similar purpose can be applied.” Candidate Kim said, “We are considering preparing a code of ethics that includes political neutrality and fairness, guarantees of human rights and compliance with due process, and prohibits mediation and solicitation.”
Regarding the concern that the airborne ministry would inevitably become a power institution if it exercised both the power of investigation and the right to prosecute, “I think that it will not become an omnipresent institution under the checks of the prosecution and the police. “We are conceiving a plan that allows rational decision-making to be drawn while keeping the right to investigate and prosecute each other soundly without following the investigation system of the existing investigation agencies.” He cited the UK’s Severe Corruption Investigation Office as the most exemplary overseas anti-corruption agency, and cited the prosecution procedure through a mock trial between the investigation team and external lawyers there.
Candidate Kim replied, “I think it is important to find a reasonable plan for the exercise of the request for relocation in order to ensure that the purpose of establishing the airlift is respected while preventing the reduction of the nation’s overall capacity for anti-corruption investigation.” . He said, “Basically, crimes of high-ranking officials are given priority to the prosecutors’ office, and if a case sent by the airborne to the prosecution is complementary investigation, it may be effective for the airlift to conduct a supplementary investigation directly, so in this case, close consultation with the prosecution is necessary. There is” he emphasized.
Regarding the point that there is no mechanism to check the airlift, he refuted that “under the control of the National Assembly, and the affairs under jurisdiction are to be submitted through the Minister of Justice,” but “recruiting the internal inspection organization with outside personnel to allow independent inspection. We are conceiving a plan.”
Candidate Kim commented on the report that’he obtained 100 million won worth of bio stocks through a third-party allocation method, but did not leave any evidence.’ (But this) is an obligation to be fulfilled by the company, and the candidate himself is not involved.” Under the current law, in the case of acquiring stocks by way of allocation to a third party, there are many cases of abuse, such as passing stocks to relatives or close acquaintances at a low price and allowing them to obtain a profit. However, in the case of Candidate Kim, when he acquired Miko Biomed stock four years ago, it was revealed that no official record remained in the minutes of the board of directors.
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