Supreme Prosecutors’ Office, Seocho-gu, Seoul. Hankyoreh file photo
Ko Hyeong-gon (Judicial Research and Training Institute 31st Class), 4th Deputy Chief of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office, who is leading special investigations of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office, including the ‘Lee Jae-myeong investigation’, was retained. It is interpreted that the appointment was made in consideration of the continuity of the major investigation currently underway. Following the personnel appointments at the prosecutor level of the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office (Chief Prosecutor and Chief Prosecutor) on the 4th, the ‘Seok-Yeol Yoon Division’ was fully deployed in the personnel appointments of mid-level prosecution officials such as deputy chiefs and department heads. On the 20th, the Ministry of Justice announced the appointments and transfers of 667 people, including 631 high prosecutor-level prosecutors (deputy chief and deputy chief) and 36 rank-and-file prosecutors. The appointment date is the 25th. In the last prosecutor general reshuffle, Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office Chief Song Kyung-ho was retained, and the 4th Deputy Chief Prosecutor was also retained, apparently in consideration of the continuity of command of major cases in progress at the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office. Currently, 4th Deputy Director Ko Hyeong-gon is suspected of preferential treatment for the development of Baekhyeon-dong, for which an arrest warrant was requested in connection with Lee Jae-myeong, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, suspicion of instructing perjury in the Public Official Election Act case by impersonating a prosecutor, suspicion of Ssangbangwool Group sending money to North Korea, Democratic Party National Convention money envelope incident, and reporting on Kim Man-bae and Shin Hak-rim recording files. He is in charge of leading the investigation of the Daejeon-dong 5 billion club incident. Special prosecutors from Yoon Seok-yeol’s division were also fully assigned to the chief prosecutor responsible for the investigation under the 4th deputy chief. Kang Baek-shin, head of the 3rd anti-corruption investigation department (34th class), will be transferred to the first head of the anti-corruption investigation department and continue to investigate suspicions of corruption in the development of Daejang-dong and Baekhyeon-dong. Chief Prosecutor Kang is also in charge of the special investigation team for the so-called ‘public opinion manipulation in presidential election intervention’ case, which is investigating the ‘Kim Man-bae-Shin Hak-rim recording file’ case. Choi Jae-hoon (34th class), Crime Intelligence Officer 2 of the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office, is the head of the 2nd Anti-Corruption Investigation Department, which investigates the suspicion of distributing money envelopes in the Democratic Party’s primary, and Kim Yong-sik (34th class) is the 3rd head of the Anti-Corruption Investigation Department, which is investigating the suspicions of the ‘5 billion club’ in Daejang-dong, including former lawmaker Kwak Sang-do. The deputy chief prosecutor of the Seoul Southern District Prosecutors’ Office was appointed. Eom Hee-jun (32nd class), Head of Anti-Corruption Investigation Department 1 of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office, will move to the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office Anti-Corruption Planning Department, and Kim Young-cheol (33rd class), Head of Anti-Corruption Investigation Department 2, will move to the position of Chief of Anti-Corruption Division 1 of the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office, supporting the investigation he had been in charge of. Kang Seong-yong (31st Supreme Prosecutors’ Office Anti-Corruption Planning Director) was appointed as the first deputy chief of the Suwon District Prosecutors’ Office, who investigated the suspicion of Ssangbangwool remittances to North Korea related to Representative Lee, and Lee Jeong-seop (32nd term), head of the Fair Trade Investigation Department of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office, was appointed as the second deputy chief prosecutor. And there are evaluations that the position in charge of special investigations, even at the Suwon District Prosecutors’ Office, has been filled with Yoon Seok-yeol’s division. In addition, Kim Chang-jin (31st term), head of the prosecution department at the Ministry of Justice, was appointed as the first deputy prosecutor leading the criminal department of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office, which is considered the first priority for promotion to the next prosecutor general. Prosecutor Kim served as the head of the 4th Special Department during the time of President Yoon Seok-yeol as Chief of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office, and served on the personnel hearing preparation team for both President Yoon and Justice Minister Han Dong-hoon. Spokesperson Park Hyeon-cheol (31st class), who was in charge of media response at the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office, was appointed as the second deputy chief prosecutor of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office. Kim Tae-eun (31st term), Public Investigation Planning Officer at the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office, was appointed as the third deputy chief prosecutor who will lead the investigation of election and labor cases ahead of next year’s general election. The Ministry of Justice said, “Some prosecutors have been retained in their positions for the sake of business continuity, strengthening expertise, and stable operation of the organization,” and added, “General prosecutor personnel will be conducted to the minimum extent necessary for prosecutors who have met the required period of appointment in accordance with the prosecutor personnel regulations.” “He said. Reporter Jae-ho Lee ph@hani.co.kr
2023-09-20 07:34:10
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