Lim Eun-jung, Inspector General of the Ministry of Justice [자료사진: 연합뉴스 제공]
Lim Eun-jung, the Inspector General of the Ministry of Justice, asked the court for a judgment that former high-ranking officials who failed to properly inspect sexual violence cases in the prosecution should be brought to trial, but this was not accepted.
The second part of the Supreme Court dismissed a second appeal once morest the decision to dismiss the financial application filed by Lim on the 15th on the 15th, once morest five former and current prosecutors, including former Prosecutor General Kim Jin-tae.
The court stated, “Even if we look at the reasons asserted for the re-appeal in light of relevant legal principles and records, there is no violation of the Constitution, laws, orders, or rules that have affected the judgment of the original court.”
The appeal is a system in which the complainant or accuser, who is dissatisfied with the prosecution’s decision not to prosecute, asks the competent high court to decide whether to file a prosecution.
Lim charged with abuse of power and neglect of duties in 2015, saying that then Prosecutor General Kim Jin-tae and Deputy Chief Prosecutor Kim Su-nam, etc.
When the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office dismissed the charge in March 2019, Lim appealed to the Seoul High Prosecutors’ Office, which was also dismissed.