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| ▲ Justice Minister Park Beom-gye is receiving questions from reporters at the Seoul High Prosecutors’ Office, where the LH-related high prosecutor’s meeting is held on the morning of the 15th. | |
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With the statute of limitations in the so-called’prosecutor’s perjury teacher’ case, which was secreted in the’Han Myung-sook case’, is approaching a week ahead on the 22nd, Justice Minister Park Beom-gye said, “I will directly review the data,” opening up the possibility of invoking the investigation command authority.
On the 15th, when he visited the Seoul High Prosecutors Office to preside at the high prosecutor’s office on the speculative controversy of public officials, Minister Park asked whether to conduct the investigation and asked, “I will put the process and results on a two-track and look closely.” I will review it,” he said.
“Reconsideration of the results of the inspection of 6,000 pages”… Should I reverse the conclusion of’no suspicion’ on the 5th of the great prosecutor’s office
At this meeting, Minister Park directly mentioned the record of the prosecution, which was investigated by the Supreme Prosecutor’s Office, including Im Eun-jeong, the Supreme Prosecutor’s Office, under the direction of former Minister Chu Mi-ae since last September. He stressed, “It has resulted in inspection results of up to 6,000 pages.” The Supreme Prosecutor’s Office concluded on the 5th, saying, “We decided that there was insufficient evidence to admit the allegations after making a reasonable decision on the case of condemning perjury, teachers, and aiding civil complaints against two witnesses related to the past trial and former and current prosecution officials.” That means I’ll look back.
Apart from the guilty judgment against former Prime Minister Han Myung-sook, the case is focused on resolving the suspicion that the prosecution trained the two witnesses at the time of the investigation 10 years ago for the purpose of impeaching the late Han Man-ho’s testimony.
In the case of Choi Amugae, who directly disclosed the facts of the two witnesses, the statute of prosecution ended on the 5th due to the judgment of the great prosecutor’s office, and another witness, Kim Amugae, who is still denying the facts, is imminent on the 22nd. An official at the prosecution said, “As (the minister) was a judge, I think we will be able to review the main data quickly.”
Even after the judgment of the great prosecutor, the investigation team, who was the subject of the prosecution at the time, and Prosecutor Lim Eun-jung, the subject of the prosecution, are still in a state of battle. This is why there are demands from some people that Park must lead the investigation of the facts of related cases through investigation and command. (Related article: Han Myung-sook case investigation team, immediately refuted Lim Eun-jung http://omn.kr/1senn)
Former Justice Minister Choo Mi-ae also said on the 12th <오마이뉴스>In an interview with “The prosecutor’s chief who looked at the record for three days, excluding those who investigated the amount of close to 10,000 pages, decided against the prosecution (of the witness-related prosecutors whose statute expires on March 6). That is a rational decision. .. I think that Minister Park Bum-gye should immediately invoke the right to command the investigation” (Chu Mi-ae, “It’s not just Jo Jung-dong, the media owner Yun Seok-yeol met” http://omn.kr/1se1z)
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Justice and the prosecution plan to discuss the direction of the investigation related to illegal dumping of real estate by public officials on the same day. In addition to the meeting with the chief prosecutor, the high prosecutor’s office presided over by Minister Park, and the prosecutors (Uijeongbu, Incheon, Goyang, Bucheon, Seongnam) in charge of the prosecutor’s office in the 3rd new city, where controversy was triggered, meetings are in progress.
When asked, “I think the prosecution has quite a lot of roles that the prosecution can play in a situation where the prosecution’s power of investigation is limited,” said Minister Park. “Maximizing the role in the LH speculation case within the current prosecution authority. “I’m going to listen to my opinions about what I can do,” he replied.