Prosecutor Eun-jung Lim on September 20, 2019. News 1
Im Eun-jeong, a supervisory policy researcher at the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office, has been accused of leaking secrets, who has been investigating the suspicion of a coercive investigation by the prosecution team’s investigation team for ‘receiving political funding for Han Myung-sook.’ Analysis emerges as to whether it has crossed the’line’ while trying to inspect it forcibly. On the 8th, the civic group,’Coalition of Actions to Set the Rule of Law Right’, accused Researcher Im at the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office on charges of leaking secrets for public service.
“I’m prosecuting opinion” on SNS before the conclusion of the inspection
Researcher Lim said on his Facebook account on the 4th, “I said that I would file a criminal prosecution for the prosecution’s inmates’ trial witnesses, but Heo Jung-soo, the chief prosecutor’s office, insisted that it is correct to do so.” In connection with the fact that the Supreme Prosecutor’s Office designated the chief prosecutor in the prosecution case on the 2nd as Head of Prosecutors’ Section 3 Heo, Researcher Lim was excluded from the case, and on the 3rd, researcher Lim was intent on receiving opinions on the direction of the case from prosecutors involved in the investigation of Han Myung-suk’s case. Was delivered.
Researcher Lim predicted that, “Tomorrow, the case will be covered as the will of the president (at the time, Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol), the deputy chief (Deputy Chief of Prosecutor Cho Nam-gwan), and the third prosecutor’s office.” On the 5th, the real great sword was not charged.
In response, the accuser argued that it was a crime of leaking confidentiality for public affairs for Researcher Lim to disclose the opinions of prosecutors on criminal charges. According to a 2007 Supreme Court precedent, information such as what opinions the investigating officer has during the prosecution’s investigation is a secret inside the investigative agency that should not be leaked.
Prosecutor Park Chul-wan “The Airborne Department should investigate Im Eun-jung”
Even inside the prosecution, there is a loud voice pointing out the alleged leak of secrets due to the public service of Researcher Lim. On the 5th, the head of the Daegu District Prosecutor’s Office, Andong District Prosecutor’s Office, also released a seven-page legal review opinion that a secret leak was convicted by Chief Prosecutor Lim for official service through the prosecution’s internal network on the 5th. “The conduct of the researcher Lim is a serious crime, and he should be held criminally responsible for that activity,” said Park Ji-cheong, and said, “The high-ranking public officials criminal investigation office dealing with crimes on the job of prosecutors should investigate.”
According to Articles 2 and 8 of the Airlift Act, the charges of leaking secrets for public affairs by the prosecutors belong to the crimes of high-ranking public officials, and the prosecutors of the airlifts should proceed to an investigation if they believe that there is a crime of a high-ranking public official.
Former Prime Minister Han Myung-sook on December 15, 2020. Central photo
“Separate punishment from criminal punishment must also be disciplined”
Park also added an opinion that surveillance, disciplinary action, and job exclusion should be performed separately from criminal punishment. He said, “If nothing is done, I will think about what else to do as a prosecutor.”
Researcher Lim has been leading the investigation of this case by being appointed as the current position in September of last year, but even before that, there was a history of being engulfed in the controversy, “Aren’t you preconceived in the case?”
On June 29, last year, researcher Lim, who was the chief prosecutor of the Ulsan District Prosecutor’s Office, wrote through the Kyunghyang Shinmun that the then-President Yoon Seok-yeol allocated a complaint related to the suspicion of a perjury teacher to the Seoul Central District Prosecutor’s Office rather than the Supreme Prosecutor’s Office. He criticized him, saying, “The whole people have come to realize how urgent matters are to improve transparency and transparency.”
Eunjung Lim, “I never made a remark that crossed the line”
Researcher Lim said through Facebook on the 7th, “For the inspection of the case of Han Myung-suk, former President Yoon Suk-yeol invoked an unreasonable command and was not accused.” “If there is an airlift, can we avoid punishment?”
On the 8th, he rejected the reporter’s request for his position on the charges of leaking secrets in public service, saying, “We will not do an interview.” However, he is known to be in the position of “I have never made a remark beyond the line.”
Justice Minister Park Beom-gye is empowering Researcher Lim. Excluding Researcher Lim and expressing regret for the great swordsman who placed the charges innocent.
After the suspicion of a perjury teacher and others surrounding the investigation team of Han Myung-sook in April of last year, Minister Park is looking into whether there were any problems until the dismissal was dismissed. In the future, attention is focused on whether Minister Park will invoke the authority to command the investigation to negate the alleged disposition and make a different judgment. One prosecution officer predicted, “In that case, the conflict between the Ministry of Justice and the prosecution will inevitably be rekindled.”
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