Plan for Solo Decision on the Investigation of Prosecutors
Targeting Kim Young-cheol, Deputy Chief Prosecutor of Seoul Northern District,
A full session of the Legislation and Judiciary Committee is taking place at the National Assembly in Yeouido, Seoul on the morning of the 31st. Reporter Im Se-jun
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“[Herald Economy=Reporter Lee Seung-hwan] A parliamentary hearing related to the ‘Investigation of Impeachment Recommendation Case’ of Kim Young-cheol, Deputy Chief Prosecutor of Seoul Northern District, is scheduled to be held on the 14th of next month.”,
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“The Legislation and Judiciary Committee held a full session on the 31st, presenting Deputy Chief Prosecutor Kim’s impeachment recommendation and independently resolving the investigation plan for such impeachment recommendations, including the opposition party, headed by the Democratic Party. The People Power Party, which has been opposing the impeachment of the prosecutor, expressed its opposition to the opposition party’s unilateral decision-making by not participating in the ‘citrus vote’.”
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“The opposition parties, including the Democratic Party, argue that Deputy Chief Prosecutor Kim neglected his duties by consistently showing leniency in cases such as the suspicion of large corporations sponsoring Cobaana Contents involving Kim Geon-hee, the acquisition of Acro Vista lease rights by Samsung Electronics, and the low-priced purchase of Deutsche Financial shares, thereby violating his duty of political neutrality.”
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“Furthermore, it is known that the impeachment recommendation includes the accusation that Deputy Chief Prosecutor Kim illegally conducted a separate investigation into the money envelope case at the Democratic Party’s national convention involving Song Young-gil, former party leader, among others.”
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“It is expected that the opposition parties, including the Democratic Party, will adopt witnesses such as Kim Geon-hee and Lee Won-seok, the Chief Prosecutor, for the parliamentary hearing. Following discussions between the ruling and opposition parties, the Legislation and Judiciary Committee decided to approve the witness list in the afternoon.”
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“Earlier, on the 2nd, the Democratic Party separately brought impeachment recommendations against Kim Young-cheol, as well as Gang Baek-shin, Deputy Chief Prosecutor of the Suwon District Prosecutors’ Office, Park Sang-yong, Deputy Chief Prosecutor of the Suwon District Prosecutors’ Office, and Um Hee-joon, Chief Prosecutor of the Incheon District Prosecutors’ Office.”
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“These impeachment recommendations were referred to the Legislation and Judiciary Committee after being reported to the plenary.”
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“The Democratic Party plans to investigate the appropriateness of the impeachment recommendation at the Legislation and Judiciary Committee and then bring it back to the plenary for further processing.”
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