At the time when the investigation team of the Anyang District Office in Gyeonggi Province in 2019 investigated whether information was leaked in the process of banning Kim from leaving the country, suspicion was raised that he put external pressure to reduce the investigation as the head of the Anti-Corruption and Power Department at the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office.
In a statement sent to the Immigration Reporter on the 26th, Chief Prosecutor Lee said, “I submitted a statement to the Suwon District Prosecutor’s Office on the same day regarding the situation at the time in relation to the Deputy Deputy Minister Kim’s ban on departure.” I will tell you.”
First of all, he said, “Regarding the Anyang District Office’s report in June 2019 (related to the emergency ban on the prosecutor dispatched by the prosecutor’s office) No.” Prosecutor Lee also said, “The Anyang District Office’s report was reported to the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office for Anti-Corruption Forces by the Anyang District Prosecutor’s Office. I conducted with the purpose of’Hara’.” “This is not the purpose of not conducting an investigation, but the purpose of conducting additional investigations as required by the Anyang branch office.” No.”
Currently, Suwon District Prosecutor’s Office 3rd Criminal Division (Director Prosecutor Lee Jeong-seop) is investigating whether there was an offense in the process of banning Kim’s departure from the country and whether there was reduced external pressure in the upper line at the time of the Anyang Office’s investigation in 2019.
In the case of District Prosecutors’ Office Lee Seong-yoon, he was notified of the subpoena due to external pressure and the status of a reference, but he refused. Afterwards, the prosecution was reported to have sent an additional summons notification after accusing Lee as a suspect.
According to the 2nd public interest report, in 2019, the investigation team of Anyang Branch also detected all-round violations in the process of banning departure, in addition to the leakage of information on the ban on departure that the Ministry of Justice requested to investigate.
At the time, the investigation team ΔInquiries and shares of withdrawal information by employees of the Immigration Section ΔIncheon Airport information analysis, illegal monitoring of employees, and reports to the investigation team ΔEmergency departure prohibition request and approval request for dispatch inspection without investigation authority ΔInappropriate emergency departure ban by immigration headquarters officers And approval, the facts of the related computer operation were identified and reported to the upper level.
However, at the time, the Anti-Corruption Department issued an instruction to the effect of “investigating only the process of leaking withdrawal information, and not proceeding with the rest of the investigation.” Accordingly, the investigation team reported that in July 2019, at the request of the Supreme Swordsman Anti-Corruption Department, it would no longer investigate whether the emergency departure ban was violated.
In fact, the investigation result at the time said,’An image file of the document requesting the approval of the emergency departure ban by indicating the status of the Dongbu District Prosecutor’s Office by hand without the officer of the investigating agency was found.’ It is stated that there is no further progress plan since it has been confirmed that there has been a follow-up report on the Dongbu District Prosecutors’ Office.’
In the second public interest report, along with these circumstances, Seoul Central District Prosecutor General Lee Seong-yoon, who was the chief prosecutor of the anti-corruption force at the time, was specified as the accused. This is because, as the anti-corruption manager at the time, he was the final decision maker who stopped further investigation even after receiving reports of additional illegal acts through the reporting line.
In this regard, Prosecutor Lee said, “All reports of the investigation results of the Anyang District Office in July 2019 were reported in accordance with the usual procedure for reporting the great swordsman.” Regarding the phrase mentioned in the investigation result report, “I know that the specific phrase was not called by the Great Swordsman. There is” he explained.
He added, “If the Anyang District Office is different from the case requested by the Ministry of Justice, the approval of the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office is required to investigate the case of an emergency ban on departure by the prosecutor of the fact-finding team, but there was no request for approval.”
Prosecutor Lee also pointed out, “If you find any misconduct of the prosecutor in accordance with the regulations, it is enough to report it to the prosecutor general (prosecutor 1st section) and the prosecutor of the competent high prosecutor’s office.” did.
He added, “If the Supreme Prosecutor’s Office prevented the investigation, at least the objection should have been filed in accordance with the Prosecutor’s Office Act and guidelines, but there was no objection in any formal or informal way.”
In addition to the fact that the affidavit was submitted on this day, the prosecutor of the District Prosecutor’s Office also expressed an opinion that the case should be transferred to the high-ranking public officials criminal investigation office (airport office).
He said, “The current airborne prosecution law stipulates that if a prosecutor finds a high-ranking public official’s crime, it must be transferred to the investigation department.” “It is clear that this applies to cases where a crime is recognized as a case of finding a suspicion. In the case of the accusation case, if the matters to be investigated during the investigation process are quite detailed, I think there is room for this to be considered.”
“If the prosecutor finds a high-ranking public official, there is a concern that there is a concern about the existence of compulsory investigation authority as well as the jurisdiction of the prosecution in accordance with the provisions of the current law.” “As a law enforcement agency, this legal I think we should avoid fertilization.”
Prosecutor Lee also said, “Recently, I am regretful that a report came out to the effect that’the Seoul Central District Prosecutor’s Office has been converted to a suspect’ only with the receipt of the charges of the Buddha statue, and it is known as if the prosecution had recognized the crime charges. “And expressed dissatisfaction.
(Seoul = News 1)
Copyright by dongA.com All rights reserved.
—
–
