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During the hearing of Minister of Justice Han Dong-hoon, a high-ranking prosecutor’s officer revealed the specific circumstances of Yoon-elect’s involvement in the investigation of a candidate’s ‘prosecution collusion’ several times.
It contains the circumstances in which then-President Yoon Seok-yeol was furious when a search and seizure warrant was requested for a channel A reporter and tried to force the formation of an investigation advisory group.
By Shin Jae-woong.
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Suwon High Prosecutor Kim Kwan-jung released an investigation log containing the progress of the ‘Channel A case’ during the personnel hearing of Justice Minister candidate Han Dong-hoon.
In an article posted on the prosecution’s internal network yesterday, High Prosecutor Kim posted a journal written as the chief criminal officer of the Supreme Prosecutor’s Office at the time, saying, “It seems that the so-called ‘Channel A case’ will be re-discussed at the hearing.”
“From the beginning, the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office was in the position that it would not report the progress of the investigation,” Kim explained.
However, when Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol was furious when he learned of the request for a search and seizure warrant once morest former Channel A reporter Lee Dong-jae, he was furious and ordered to report the need for a search and seizure, Kim wrote.
Chief Prosecutor Kim also wrote the situation related to the formation of a specialized investigation advisory group at the time.
At that time, the Deputy Chief Prosecutor and the Chief Prosecutor of the Supreme Prosecutor’s Office requested a postponement of the referral to the Special Investigation Advisory Group, saying that they overlap with the Prosecutor’s Investigation Deliberation Committee. “He said.
The investigative advisory group did not open as the then Minister of Justice Choo Mi-ae exercised the authority to direct the investigation.
Prosecutor Kim also explained the process of the prosecution’s investigation deliberation committee following the dissolution of the investigation advisory group.
He said, “With the president’s command being excluded by the activation of the investigation command, the chief of staff of the president of the president expressed his position that he would submit his opinion to the investigation deliberation committee, even though it should not be interested in this case.”
At the hearing that lasted until late last night, questions regarding the situation at the time and questions and answers were also held between the witnesses present.
During the investigation into the so-called ‘prosecution collusion’, the specific words and actions of then-President Yoon Seok-yeol were revealed, and not a small amount of repercussions are expected.
This is Jaewoong Shin from MBC News.
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