[사회]Prosecutor for ‘drunk driving’, discipline is reproach … again ‘soft bat’

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A prosecutor who caused an accident while driving while intoxicated was punished with a light sentence.

Including this, half of the prosecutors who have been punished for drunk driving in the past five years have been subjected to mild disciplinary sanctions, but critics criticize the fact that the punitive measures are still there.

This is the reporter Han Dong-oh.

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In December last year, the then head of the Suncheon branch was driving drunk on a road in Yeosu, Jeollanam-do and collided with a car next to it.

Following a breathalyser test, the blood alcohol level was 0.044%, which is the license suspension level.

Disciplinary action confirmed after 8 months is a reprimand, the lowest level disciplinary action.

The reprimands serve to “make people think about their mistakes while they are engaged in their duties” and, unlike layoffs, suspensions or wage cuts, there is no disadvantage in the execution of the work or in pay.

However, according to the internal guidelines of the Supreme Prosecutor’s Office, if you drink and drive with a blood alcohol concentration of less than 0.08%, you will be suspended from your salary and if you cause a car accident with personal consequences or material damage due to driving in intoxicated, you will be fired from suspension.

The Ministry of Justice explained that the level of disciplinary action was decided taking into account the circumstances of the incident and other circumstances.

It seems that the explanation that it was a hangover while driving in the morning and the fact that it is not clear whether the accident occurred due to alcohol was considered.

Following YTN reporters reviewing the state of the prosecution’s disciplinary actions over the past five years, six prosecutors have been punished for drunk driving.

Three of them, half of them, were reprimanded and drove under the effect of the revocation level of their license under the current regulations.

The only prosecutor to be fired was a car accident in the third drunk driving case, and the arrest of a current offender for refusing to take a breathalyser was an exceptional case.

In May last year, the Supreme Prosecutor’s Office revised its internal guidelines after the College of Auditors and Inspection found that the level of disciplinary action against government officials who received money, valuables and entertainment it was inferior to that of other public officials in general.

However, if sub-guideline disciplinary measures are repeated, as in the case of drunk driving disciplinary cases, public distrust of the prosecution does not seem to disappear.

I’m YTN Han Dong-oh.

YTN Dongoh Han ([email protected])

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