Prosecutor Han Dong-hoon (left) and Gwangju District Prosecutor General Jin-woong Jeong. yunhap news
– In the process of investigating the attempted coercion of former Channel A reporter Lee Dong-jae, deputy prosecutor Jeong Jin-woong, Gwangju District Prosecutor’s Office, denied the charges in court. The judge adopted a prosecutor as a witness in the case.
The 22nd Division of the Seoul Central District Court’s Criminal Agreement (Deputy Judge Yang Cheol-han) held the second trial date for Prosecutor Chung, who was charged with violating the Act on aggravated punishment for certain crimes (self-directed assault).
Deputy Prosecutor Chung’s lawyer said, “It is a provision to prevent brutal acts such as torture, but the defendant only executed a warrant for seizure and search against Han Dong-hoon.” “The defendant did not torture Han Dong-hun or committed a harsh act. There was no” he emphasized.
The lawyer also argued that “even if the defendant’s actions formally fall under the constitution of a crime, the illegality is sculpted as a legitimate act.”
He said, “The work related to personal arrest is a task performed by a judge or a prosecutor, and in terms of job relevance, there is a risk that both the assault of judges and prosecutors can be self-defense.” It was more.
The prosecution applied for witnesses as witnesses, including a prosecutor, who was a party to the assault, and a doctor who diagnosed an injury to a prosecutor, and the court accepted this.
The preparation date for the trial ended on this day, and the official trial date will be held on the 20th of next month. On the date of the trial, the defendant is obligated to attend, so the Deputy Prosecutor Chung must appear in court.
Deputy Prosecutor Chung is accused of assaulting a prosecutor during the seizure of a mobile phone sim chip in July in the case of an attempted coercion in which a former Channel A reporter Lee Dong-jae threatened an informant to reveal the corruption of political figures.
The allegation of self-directed assault is applied when a prosecutor or prosecutor, etc. abuses his authority in the course of performing his/her duties to assault a suspect or commit a harsh act.
Reporter Kim Ji-hye [email protected]
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