Justice Minister Park Beom-gye visits and speaks at the Seoul Juvenile Classification Examiner in Anyang City, Gyeonggi-do on the afternoon of the 12th. yunhap news
The Ministry of Justice announced on the 13th that it was based on the judgment that it was possible to conduct an investigation without recruiting personnel in relation to the recent refusal to extend the dispatch of prosecutors dispatched to the investigation team in the case of Kim Hak-ei’s former vice minister of the Ministry of Justice. “The great prosecutor sent a prosecutor to the’Kim Hak’s investigation team’ without consultation,” he said, referring to former prosecutor general Yoon Seok-yeol’s responsibility.
The Ministry of Justice said in a statement that day, “The investigation was carried out over two months enough to request a warrant of arrest, and it was determined that the investigation could be conducted by recruiting personnel within the Suwon District Prosecutors’ Office.”
On January 15th, the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office dispatched Detective Lim Se-jin of the Suwon District Prosecutor’s Office to the Suwon District Prosecutor’s Office (Chief Prosecutor Lee Jeong-seop) on January 15th. On the 15th of last month, the Ministry of Justice decided to approve the extension of the dispatch of Director Lim for only one month. From the 15th, they must return to their original units.
The Ministry of Justice ordered Prosecutor Kim Mo, a review prosecutor from the same investigation team, to return to the Busan District Prosecutors’ Office. Prosecutor Kim, who was a member of the Suwon District Prosecutor’s Office, was appointed to the Busan District Prosecutor’s Office in February, but remained at the Suwon District Prosecutor’s Office in the form of dispatch and continued to investigate.
“The Prosecutor General is forced to dispatch one month”… Bypass Criticism
The Ministry of Justice said, “If it is necessary to dispatch a prosecutor, the Ministry of Justice and the Supreme Prosecutor have discussed, but the Supreme Prosecutor decided on January 15 to dispatch the Chief Prosecutor for one month without consultation with the Ministry of Justice.” It has been approved for an extension of the year,” he said.
“In the case of Prosecutor Kim, even though the Ministry of Justice did not agree with the request for dispatch of the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office, the prosecutor general forced the dispatch for one month.” .
The Ministry of Justice explained that the reason for disagreement with Prosecutor Kim’s dispatch was “there was a systemic problem when the chief prosecutor of the investigation team did not report to the Suwon District Prosecutor’s Office, but immediately requested dispatch to the great swordsman.”
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