Justice Minister Choo Mi-ae suffered fatal injuries due to the suspension of the court’s disciplinary action by Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol. Even though the president publicly apologizes to the people, there has been a situation, but Minister Chu remains silent.
“Perfect defeat… shattered as I said”
Justice Minister Chu Mi-ae is on the morning of the 14th to go to the Gwacheon Government Complex in Gyeonggi Province. Reporter Lim Hyun-dong/20201214
On the 25th, an official from the Ministry of Justice said, “Today, it is unlikely that the Ministry of Justice will come up with a different position.” Minister Chu has revealed his personal stance on Facebook in every phase of the conflict with President Yoon. When Minister Chu submitted his resignation on the 16th, he said, “It was a dream for a fair and fair world even if it broke into pieces.”
In the legal profession, there is a comment that “Minister Chu Mi-ae was completely defeated,” and “it was shattered according to the writing of the person.” The previous day, the court explained that the formation of the disciplinary committee was procedurally illegal, and that the reasons for disciplinary action should also be contested. Regarding this, Han-gyu Kim, former chairman of the Seoul Bar Association, said, “There was a flaw in the form before even considering the actual truth. In this case, the Ministry of Justice would be absolutely unfavorable even if it went to the main case.” “It completely raised the hand of President Yoon.” Interpreted as.
Even the prosecution’s greetings become difficult to touch.
The Ministry of Justice is also considering an immediate appeal against the court’s decision, but it is analyzed that it is not easy. This is because if the Seoul High Court is also defeated, the damage to Minister Chu will be greater. Already in the passport, there is a criticism that “Minister Chu took the lead in unreasonable discipline and raised only General Yun.”
Even the prosecutor’s office in January of next year will not know where it is going. There were observations within the prosecution that Minister Chu would demoralize a large number of prosecutors who were confronted in the disciplinary process. It was interpreted as a statement that President Moon asked for the reform of the prosecution, including the high-ranking public officials criminal investigation office (airborne), which will be launched soon, to Minister Chu, who submitted his resignation.
Representatively, Deputy Chief of Prosecutors’ Office Cho Nam-gwan, who requested the withdrawal of the job exclusion of President Yoon, Daejeon District Attorney General Lee Doo-bong, who oversees the nuclear power plant investigation, and Seoul High Prosecutor’s Office Chief Sang-cheol Cho, who prosecuted Prosecutor Jeong Jin-woong for self-assault. However, it is now difficult for Minister Chu to exert influence over prosecution personnel. One legal official said, “Because the President made an apology in person, Minister Chu was not resignation, it was virtually stiff.”
‘Chu Line’ is accused of “some eunuchs overturn the country”
On the morning of the 9th, a day before the Prosecutor and Discipline Committee of the Ministry of Justice, Vice Minister of Justice Yong-gu Lee is on his way to the Ministry of Justice at the Gwacheon Government Complex. Reporter Woo Sang-jo
![Justice Minister Choo Mi-ae (right) and Sim Jae-cheol, the Prosecutor General of the Justice Department. The photo shows a candidate Chu Mi-ae who is on his way to work for the first time on December 9, last year at the Seoul Southern Compliance Center. [뉴스1]](https://i0.wp.com/pds.joins.com/news/component/htmlphoto_mmdata/202012/25/fe8a3ed5-b7ed-4d9f-872c-c47d0453de44.jpg?w=560&ssl=1)
Justice Minister Choo Mi-ae (right) and Sim Jae-cheol, the Prosecutor General of the Justice Department. The photo shows a candidate Chu Mi-ae who is on his way to work for the first time on December 9, last year at the Seoul Southern Compliance Support Center. [뉴스1]
Rather, the positions of the staff who are pointed out as’Chumiae Line’ became unstable. The responsibilities of the Prosecutors’ Office of the Justice Department, including Cho Doo-hyun, the Deputy Minister of Justice Yong-gu Lee, Eun-jung Park, and Jae-cheol Shim, who participated in the disciplinary action of President Yoon, come from the prosecution. An incumbent prosecutor strongly criticized him, saying, “The minister misplaced his staff, and several eunuchs turned the country upside down.” Another prosecutor said, “The prosecutors are watching to see who will resign.”
Vice Minister Yong-gu Lee, who was also mentioned as a candidate for the next Minister of Justice, was particularly injured. One prosecutor predicted, “This was chosen as a card to expel Yun Seok-yeol, but he could not be retired with the reorganization because he did not perform that role properly.” There was also a controversy that Lee was not punished for assaulting a taxi driver after his appointment.
The executives who pressured Yun within the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office were also unable to escape criticism. Inspector General Han Dong-soo claimed that Yun’s “interference in the prosecution” and disclosed the matters related to the prosecution on Facebook, resulting in controversy. There are also criminal chief Lee Jong-geun, who is known to have been involved in the prosecution of President Yun as the husband of Prosecutor Park Eun-jung, and vice-president Shin Sung-sik who participated in the disciplinary committee of President Yoon under suspicion of a misinformation reporter for the “Channel A incident transcript” of KBS.
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