Former Supreme Court Chief Yang Seung-tae claimed innocence in a trial on charges of abuse of judicial administration, which was resumed after two months. He referred to Prosecutor Han Dong-hoon, who arrested him in the course of the investigation, and said, “The investigation process was broadcast in real time and all information was distorted.”
Part 35-1 of the Seoul Central District Court Criminal Agreement (Judge Lee Jong-min, Lim Jeong-taek, Min So-young, Deputy Judge) held a trial on the 7th by former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Yang, and former Chief Justice of the Court Administration by Park Byeong-dae and Ko Young-han (Supreme Justice). The trial was held for the first time in February after all three judges belonging to the judiciary were changed to regular personnel of the court.
Yang Seung-tae’s first remark in two months, “The clearing of redemption is a madness”
Attorney Han Dong-hoon (left) and Yang Seung-tae, former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
Former Chief Justice Yang, who got the opportunity to speak, said, “The so-called fiery blast of the name of redemption has reached the judiciary,” and said, “It is the most wary of the judiciary that the premonition formed in the process interferes with objective observation.”
“Some time ago, when a high-ranking prosecutor was investigated for some kind of suspicion, he demanded the convocation of the Investigation Deliberation Committee and said,’The investigation situation is leaked in real time, and comments from the officials of the investigation team and the Ministry of Justice are continuing. And said. The high-ranking prosecution officer he mentioned is interpreted as referring to Prosecutor Han Dong-hoon, who was involved in the alleged attempted coercion by a reporter for Channel A. Prosecutor Han had previously led an investigation into the abuse of judicial administration power and arrested both former Supreme Court chiefs.
“Real-time broadcasting of the investigation process and distortion”
Yang Jeon Chief Justice of the Supreme Court said, “This is the case, and the investigation situation was reported continuously so that it could be considered that a certain media was broadcasting the investigation process in real time during the investigation process.” “In the process, all information was distorted and reorganized. Esau pointed out, “It was as if we had committed a great deal of crime in the course of our job performance.”
“Now, we are very worried that the predictions formed in the past can interfere with objective and accurate judgments even in situations where we have to objectively examine why this has happened while looking at the tracks that have been scratched. I hope you can accurately judge what the essence is and what the actual content is.”
Fully denied’Lee Min-geul and Lee Gyu-jin’
Last month, it was interpreted that Lee Min-geol, former head of the Planning and Coordination Office of the Court Administration Department, and Lee Gyu-jin, a former standing member of the Supreme Court’s sentencing committee, were convicted of the first trial, and both former Supreme Court chiefs were also at a disadvantage in the trial. This is because a conspiracy relationship with former Supreme Court Chief Yang was admitted on some charges.
Specifically, there are three charges, including: ▶A charge of letting judges dispatched to the Constitutional Court understand the information inside the constitution ▶A charge of having the Seoul Southern District Court cancel the request for an unconstitutional law trial ▶A charge of destroying the International Human Rights Law Research Association, etc. Although the courts of the two cases were different, it became more difficult to overturn the facts recognized in the other courts.
The attorney also denied all of the public offering relations with former director Lee Min-geol and former commissioner Lee Gyu-jin and Yang Hyeong-jin. The lawyer said, “The prosecution believes that the order to collect information and trends inside the constitution is illegal, but it is the former member who basically ordered it. “No,” he refuted. Former Supreme Court Chief Yang was prosecuted in 2019, but 47 charges have been raised, and the first trial has not yet been sentenced.
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