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| ▲ Former Supreme Court Chief Yang Seung-tae, accused of “suspicion of abuse of judicial administration authority”, is attending a trial held at the Seoul Central District Court in Seocho-gu, Seoul on the morning of the 7th. | |
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“Sometime ago, when a senior prosecutor’s officer was investigated for some kind of charge, he claimed that the investigation was unfair and demanded a convocation of the Investigation Deliberation Committee and said,’In a situation where the investigation situation continues to leak out and the conclusion of the investigation continues to be presented, he said that the investigation was unfair. It’s hard to expect an investigation.”
The Supreme Court of the Seoul Central District Court on the 7th. Yang Seung-tae, the former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, took place in a position where he got a chance to make a statement in a trial on suspicion of abuse of judicial administration, which resumed after two months. He seemed to hesitate for a moment and then opened his mouth in person in court. The trial on that day was the first hearing of the new court, which was changed to personnel in February, part 35-1 of the Criminal Agreement (Judge Lee Jong-min, Lim Jeong-taek, Min So-young), and the 122nd trial of former court administration chiefs Go Young-han and Park Byung-dae, both former chiefs of the Supreme Court.
The reason why Yang Seung-tae and Han Dong-hoon mentioned it in the investigation deliberation committee
Former Supreme Court Chief Yang mentioned the’high-ranking prosecutor’s officials, who are presumed to be Prosecutor Han Dong-hoon (Research Fellow at the Legal Research and Training Institute). As stated by former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, on July 13, last year, prosecutor Han convened the Investigation Deliberation Committee, saying, “I am very sorry about the current situation where it is difficult to expect a fair investigation” and “The investigation situation is leaking in real time.” Have been asked for.
The reason why both former Chief Justices mentioned the above case was to convey a worrisome request to the new court. “What our defendants are most concerned about is prediction,” he said.
“This case being heard in this court today was reported to the extent that a certain media broadcasted it in real time during the investigation process at the time. In the process, all information was distorted and conclusions were scrutinized and delivered to the public. (Okay). In this process, the general society was soaked in the idea that those people had committed a great deal of offenses and crimes in the course of their job performance.”
He added, “The predictions formed in the past can hinder objective and accurate judgments,” he added. “I hope the new court will take advantage of this situation and accurately judge the nature of the case.”
There were 47 charges of abuse of the judicial administration by former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. ▲Intervention in civil lawsuits for victims of forced conscription ▲Intervention in the case of the National Intelligence Service’s presidential election, the lawsuit for confirming the status of former United Progressive Party members This is the case with charges such as the creation of 10,000 won.
Former Supreme Court Chief Yang was admitted to conspiracy to commit crimes in the trials of judges who were involved in the previous case of Justice Nongdan. It is a trial by Lee Min-geol, former head of the Planning and Coordination Office of the Court Administration Department, and Lee Gyu-jin, a former executive member of the Supreme Court’s Suspension Committee, who were convicted of the first trial for the first time among judges involved in the judicial nongdan on March 23. At the time, the first trial clarified that the heads of the judiciary, including former Supreme Court Chief Yang and former Deputy Chief Justice of the Court Administration Department, were accomplices.
“Yang Seung-tae, the fact of the prosecution, I hope that all of them are acquitted.”
However, on that day, former Supreme Court Chief Yang denied all charges. He added, “Most of the prosecutions in this case do not constitute a crime on their own,” he argued. For most of the charges, they held the positions of “not involved”, “not in memory”, and “it was customary within the court”.
Among them, the accused of collecting internal information and trends of the Constitutional Court through a judge dispatched to the Constitutional Court, said, “It is Lee Gyu-jin, a former standing member who gave an illegal order even if it followed the prosecution facts.” It is clear that Park Byung-dae, Go Young-han) did not give an illegal instruction.” On the allegation, he drew a line with the former standing committee member, who was convicted of abuse of authority.
It also drew a line with the court administration office. The former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court said, “The court administration is mainly responsible for the judicial administration of the court. In most cases, approval of the Chief Justice is not required.” It is common for the situation to be communicated to the enemy.”
In addition, he said that he had no memory of giving any instructions and not having received detailed reports on the case of the trial proceedings in the former Unified Progressive Party, and claimed that he had not been involved in the case of obstruction of the work of the non-regular worker union of Hyundai Motor Company and the case of the illegal union case of the National Teachers’ Union. did.
The prosecution’s letter of indictment emphasized that the conspiracy relationship was unclear and the defendant’s right to defend was violated. Not only did the indictment contain unnecessary information, but it also included content that could give a prediction to the judge. Former Chief Justice Yang criticized, “Even if the complaint is changed later, the defects caused by it cannot be cured. The judges’ judgment has already been contaminated.”