Seoul Central District Prosecutor’s Office Lee Seong-yoon (Anti-Corruption and Powerful Director of the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office at the time of the investigation of the alleged withdrawal of Kim Hak-ei). yunhap news
– The issue of where to investigate the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office Lee Seong-yoon and Prosecutor Lee Gyu-won, who are suspected of being involved in the suspected illegal departure ban of Kim Hak-e’s former vice minister of the Ministry of Justice, emerged as an issue.
Suwon District Prosecutor’s Office (Director Jeong-seop Lee), who is investigating the case, announced on the 3rd that it will hand over the case related to the Prosecutor to the Supreme Public Officials Crime Investigation Office. Under the current Air Convict Act, the prosecutor’s crime is required to be investigated by the Air Convict.
The problem is that airborne agencies, which have been inaugurated for less than a month, do not have personnel for investigation, so they can only investigate next month. Currently, two prosecutors, including Chief of Public Affairs Kim Jin-wook and Deputy Chief Yeo Un-guk, and 10 investigators dispatched to the prosecution, are carrying out basic tasks such as repairing the case and transferring them. For this reason, it is argued that the case must be handed over to the prosecution who requested an arrest warrant against Cha Gyu-geun, head of the Immigration and Foreigner Policy Headquarters of the Ministry of Justice, on charges of abuse of authority and forgery of official documents on the 2nd.
Lee Seong-yoon issued a statement and said, “You can’t relocate to the prosecution.”
– At that time, Prosecutor Lee Seong-yoon, who was suspected of neglecting an illegal withdrawal investigation at the time he was the chief prosecutor of anti-corruption and strong prosecutors, made a statement to the reporters and claimed, “As the prosecution transferred the case to the airlift, the prosecution cannot be returned (re-relocated)” And went out. Article 25, Paragraph 2 of the Airlifting Act stipulates that’if a prosecutor finds a suspected criminal offense of a high-ranking public official, it must be referred to the investigation office.’ The’crime of high-ranking public officials’ is stipulated in the law as mainly related to the duties of public officials, such as bribery or abuse of authority.
Prosecutor Lee said, “This stipulates the exclusive jurisdiction of the airlift for the crimes of high-ranking public officials by the prosecutor. In this case, the prosecution cannot get it back.” This is interpreted as meaning that the prosecutor general will be investigated by the air defense department rather than the Suwon District Prosecutor’s Office under the command of Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol.
Legal circles “Re-immigration is at the discretion of the Minister of Public Affairs”
– However, Paragraph 3 of Article 24 of the Airlift Act says,’If it is deemed appropriate for other investigative agencies to investigate the crimes of high-ranking public officials in view of the suspects and victims, the content and scale of the case, etc., the head of the airlift may transfer the case to the relevant investigating agency.’ Is specified.
Since Article 25, Paragraph 2 and Article 24, Paragraph 3 of the Airlift Act are not contradictory, there are not a few legal professionals who believe that they can relocate. The incumbent deputy judge said, “It does not mean that the airlift must be the subject of investigations for the prosecution. It is only stipulated that the airborne department must be the subject of determining whether to conduct the investigation directly or to have another investigative agency do the investigation.” An attorney who was a former chief judge also pointed out that “the prosecutor’s claim is unfounded as there is no provision that the public prosecutor should not re-transfer after receiving a transfer of the prosecutor’s high-ranking public officials crime case. Re-transfer is at the discretion of the chief public official.”
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Kim Jin-wook, head of the high-ranking public officials criminal investigation department, is on the morning of the 3rd to work at the Gwacheon government office of the Gyeonggi government. News 1
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Are airlifts without manpower a refuge for prosecutors
– The prosecution’s investigation into the alleged illegal withdrawal of former Vice Minister Kim seems to be speeding up by requesting a warrant for arrest against General Manager Cha Gyu-geun. If there was no airlift, the prosecution’s decision on whether to punish prosecutor Lee Gyu-won could have been quicker. For this reason, there are concerns that the airlift, which was introduced to conduct a strict investigation of the prosecutors, could rather become a “flight” for prosecutors.
A lawyer in Seocho-dong, Seoul, pointed out, “From the point of view of the suspect, the investigative power is relatively low, and it is natural that he wants to be investigated by an investigative agency that can have influence.” An incumbent prosecution officer said, “If an airborne agency that does not have an investigation organization is unable to investigate and holds the case, it could interfere with the investigation itself.” “According to the judgment of the chief of the airlift, Kim Jin-wook’s judgment is at a crossroad in which the reality of the airborne agency will be revealed.” .
Reporter Jeong Yujin [email protected]
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