2023-10-05 12:26:33
Son Jun-seong, Deputy Chief Prosecutor of Daegu High Prosecutors’ Office. Reporter Hwang Jin-hwan
It is possible that the so-called ‘suspicion of instigating charges’, in which prosecutor Son Jun-seong, who worked at the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office, encouraged criminal charges once morest Democratic Party politicians through Kim Woong, a member of the United Future Party (currently People Power Party), may have been reported to President Yoon Seok-yeol, who was the Prosecutor General at the time. There was court testimony.
On the 5th, Seoul Central District Court Criminal Agreement Division 27 (Chief Judge Kim Ok-gon) called Han Dong-soo, former chief prosecutor of the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office, as a witness at the trial of Daegu High Prosecutors’ Office Deputy Chief Prosecutor Son Jun-seong, who was handed over to trial on charges of leaking official secrets.
Former Director Han worked as the head of the inspection department during the Moon Jae-in administration and resigned from his position following the change of government.
Former manager Han, who appeared as a witness at the trial on this day, said, “There is a possibility that this case (the prosecution instigation case) was approved by the Prosecutor General (Seok-yeol Yoon),” and added, “The content of the complaint itself has strong partisanship.” Han Dong-hoon said on Channel A “It is not related to the incident, and Kim Kun-hee is not related to stock price manipulation, but what is so important is that there is a possibility that a face-to-face report was made and a confirmation was received,” he claimed.
He added, “Prosecutor Son Jun-seong also had a messenger with a working-level official in the Prosecutor General’s Office at the time.”
The accusation case is a suspicion that prosecutor Son Jun-seong, who worked as an investigative information policy officer at the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office, attempted to influence the election by sending a complaint once morest Democratic Party members to Rep. Kim Woong of the People Power Party ahead of the general election in April 2020. It is believed that
Former Director Han claimed that there was a possibility that this series of processes was reported to President Yoon, who was the Prosecutor General at the time.
On February 10, 2020, President Yoon Seok-yeol, who was the Prosecutor General at the time, smiled following giving a greeting at a meeting of national district prosecutors and chief prosecutors in charge of elections held at the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office in Seocho-gu, Seoul.
Former Director Han said, “On a holiday, I witnessed President Yoon, who was the Prosecutor General at the time, meeting then-Spokesperson Kwon Soon-jeong and Prosecutor Son Jun-seong for lunch and walking over. They had a very close relationship.”
He said that he also observed that the Investigation and Information Policy Office (Modification Office), where Prosecutor Son worked, usually reported directly to the Prosecutor General. In response to a question from a prosecutor from the High-ranking Public Officials Crime Investigation Office (Corruption Investigation Office), “Did the Office of Corrections pay much attention to articles criticizing the prosecution,” former Director Han responded, “For example, ‘Ryu Si-min is leaving the country,’ ‘Former Minister of Justice Cho Kuk. “I reported these facts almost in real time, such as by posting a post on Facebook, and I saw it reported directly to the Prosecutor General at the time,” he said.
While former Director Han made these claims, the court decided to conduct a cross-examination by Deputy Prosecutor Son Jun-seong once morest former Director Han on the 30th of this month.
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