Inauguration Tomorrow… Political Sensitivity Investigations Targeting Lee Jae-myung,
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Shim Woo-jung, prosecutor general nominee answering questions / Yonhap News,
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, ‘ (Seoul=Yonhap News) Reporter Lee Bo-bae = Shim Woo-jung (26th Judicial Training Institute), the new prosecutor general, will hold the inauguration ceremony on the 19th and officially start his two-year term.’,
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, ” In front of ‘Shim Woo-jung Prosecutor General,’ there are politically sensitive cases targeting Yoon Seok-yeol’s wife Kim Gun-hee’s luxury handbag receipt suspicions, and the Tyystar Jet special employment suspicions targeting former President Moon Jae-in’s family.”,
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, ” The prosecution, led by Prosecutor General Shim, is expected to face its first test of political neutrality on the handling of Kim’s case.”,
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, ” According to the legal community on the 18th, the suspicion of receiving a luxury handbag by Kim’s wife, which was under investigation by the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office, ended with a no indictment recommendation by the deliberation committee, but the final decision was postponed due to the introduction of a ‘Choi Jaeyoung Deliberation Committee.'”,
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, ” As Pastor Choi received a luxury handbag from Kim’s wife, there may be a different judgment regarding the relevance of his duties at the Deliberation Committee, preventing unnecessary debates and decisions on Kim’s case are made after reviewing this result. It is a situation where the presence of a cooperative relationship is assessed for the crime.”,
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, ‘ The legal community speculates that even if a different judgment is made at the Choi Deliberation Committee, it would be difficult for the investigation team, which has already completed the legal review, to change its decision of not indicting.’,
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, ‘ The handling of the investigation into the Doice Motors stock manipulation suspicions, which have been pending for over 4 years since Kim’s wife was accused, is also an unavoidable task.’,
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, ‘ So far, the prosecution has taken the stance of awaiting the conclusion after monitoring the decisions of the two court instances regarding Kwon Oh-soo, former chairman of Doice Motors.’,
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, ‘ However, with the appeals court on the 12th ruling guilty on the charge of aiding and abetting stock manipulation by Jeonju (錢主), putting Kim’s wife as one of Jeonju\’s core members, the prosecution, who are evaluating whether to indict Kim\’s wife, are facing a deep contemplation.’,
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, ‘ Both cases have raised concerns about how much agreement can be reached on the investigation results given the controversy surrounding the special privileges related to the investigation of Kim’s wife at the government security office, rather than the prosecution office.’,
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, ” In the case of the Doice Motors case, where the authority of the Prosecutor General has been deprived for the fourth year, in order to eradicate the fairness controversy, Prosecutor General Shim may need to actively demand the restoration of authority from Minister of Justice Park Sung-jae. However, in the previous regime of Prosecutor General Yoon, controversy over authority arose when there were talks of ‘misalignment’ with the Central District Prosecutors’ Office. In the regime of Prosecutor General Shim, it is a variable as to how the situation will unfold.”,
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President Yoon Seok-yeol and his wife’s Chuseok greetings / Yonhap News,
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, ” Investigations into the ‘Tyystar Jet special employment suspicions’ and ‘Da-hye’s daughter’s support for moving to Thailand suspicions’ targeting the family of former President Moon Jae-in are also in progress.”,
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, ‘ Jeonju Prosecutors\’ Office is investigating whether former President Moon\’s son-in-law Seo Mo received a total of 223 million won in salary and housing allowances as a bribe for hiring him as an executive at Tyystar Jet since July 2018.’,
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, ‘ Prosecutors\’ point of view is that he employed So as the director of the Small and Medium Business Administration in return for airport industry work experience.’,
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, ‘ Following the search of former President Moon\’s daughter Dahye\’s residence on August 30, prosecutors plan to summon her as a witness soon. It is an inevitable situation to investigate former President Moon as a suspect.’,
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, ‘ The investigation against the leader of a major opposition party is being handled by the Suwon District Prosecutors\’ Office. The Suwon District Prosecutors\’ Office, which is also investigating the allegations of unauthorized use of corporate credit cards by Lee Jae-myung, the leader of the Democratic Party, and his wife, questioned Kim’s wife on the 5th and sent a written inquiry to Lee.’,
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, ‘ Regarding the investigations into former President Moon and Lee, the opposition asserts that it is “political suppression close to harassment” and argues for “political retaliation.” The key will be whether the prosecution can prove the fairness of the investigations and put an end to the bias allegations.’,
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Former President Moon Jae-in conversing with Chairman Lee Jae-myung,
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, ” As the head of the organization, Prosecutor General Shim is also taking on a role in leading the response against the opposition’s attempts to weaken the prosecution’s functions through the ‘Prosecution Reform’ and the challenges of regaining public trust.”,
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, ” The Clean Government Innovation Party has proposed the ‘Prosecution Reform 4 Bills,’ which aim to abolish the prosecutors’ office and transform it into a public prosecution office that only handles indictments and maintains public prosecutions, and transfer the direct investigative authority to the Major Crimes Investigation Agency.”,
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, ” There are expectations of the possibility of a second round of ‘Prosecution Authority Complete Deprivation’ that could shake up the organization, and it is expected that Prosecutor General Shim will be able to prove the value of the prosecution and alleviate public distrust.”,
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, ‘ Another area of interest is the scale of high-level personnel appointments after the inauguration. Currently, the position of the Chief of the Ministry of Justice and the Prosecutor General of Seoul are vacant. Some senior prosecutors, including Chief Prosecutors, may be targeted. However, appointments are made by the Minister of Justice after consulting with the Prosecutor General.’,
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, ” Graduating from the 26th Judicial Training Institute, Shim, who is taking office as the Prosecutor General, was highly regarded as a planning team member, handling prosecution personnel, budget, and organization at the Ministry of Justice’s Prosecution Bureau. After serving as the head prosecutor in charge, he advanced through the ‘Elite Course’ from the Chief Prosecutor of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office, Senior Prosecutor at the Criminal Department, and Deputy Prosecutor General, being mentioned as a strong candidate for Prosecutor General for a long time, he eventually reached the pinnacle.”,
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