[단독]Han Dong-soo, 尹 ‘Box declared failed’ on Nov 23 without top-level approval

Minister of Justice Cho Mi-ae, Supreme Prosecutor Han Dong-soo [뉴시스·연합뉴스]

It was confirmed that the Supreme Prosecutor’s Office was charged with criminal charges against Attorney General Yoon Seok-yeol on the 23rd of last month. In this process no approval was received from anyone and, for fear of being exposed to the prosecution, it was reported that the president was accused of an “ unnamed person ” instead of the real name of the president.

According to the prosecutor’s office on the 2nd, the supervisory prosecutor of the Supreme Prosecutor’s Office, Dong-su Han, filed a criminal charge on the 23rd of last month when applying an accusation of abuse of authority against General Yoon. Instead of informing the deputy prosecutor, Nam-gwan Cho, acting on behalf of General Yoon, who was suspended from his post, accessed the Criminal Justice Information System (KICS / Kicks), entered the information, and then directly assigned the case to the prosecution. Front-line prosecutors thought that if they entered General Yoon’s real name on Kicks, they were concerned that it would leak into the prosecution.

Attorney General Yoon Seok-yeol is on the morning of the 2nd to work at the Supreme Prosecutor’s Office in Seocho-gu, Seoul. [연합뉴스]

The provisions for the great swordsman delegation are required to inform the attorney general in advance when an important case becomes an investigation by the prosecution. At the time, Deputy General Manager Cho was in charge of acting as president. The Supreme Prosecutor’s Office did not inform Deputy General Cho of this. It is a violation of the rules. Deputy General Cho said that a supervisory commissioner knew that he had elected General Yoon, two days after the establishment, on the 25th. Some say he rebuked the head of the inspection, who was Cho’s deputy director.

Immediately after the violation of the regulation, the Supreme Prosecutor’s Office requested a seizure and search warrant, alleging that it is necessary to confirm the 6 charges of misconduct, including contacting the media’s press officer and interfering with the inspection of the Channel A in addition to the ‘judge’s document’. did. However, the court dismissed everything other than the “judge’s papers.” This is around 8pm on the 24th.

With a warrant issued, Justice Minister Choo Mi-ae seized and searched the office of the Investigation Information Office of the Supreme Prosecutor’s Office, which had prepared the “ judge’s document, ” around 9:30. am on the 25th, a day after the announcement of the “ suspension of President Yoon’s duties, ” but the result was useless. Seeing that there would be more similar documents, we analyzed (restored) other documents by searching for keywords such as “judge”, “presidential judge” and “our law (research group)” on 6 or 7 computers. Within the prosecution, criticism arose by saying, “I kicked a ‘poop ball’ while getting into the crowd.”

Deputy Prosecutor Cho Nam-gwan, who is serving as chairman on behalf of Attorney General Yoon Seok-yeol, addresses the Supreme Prosecutor’s Office in Seocho-gu, Seoul, on the morning of the 1st. [뉴스1]

The Supreme Prosecutor’s Office of the Supreme Prosecutor’s Office was investigated by the Supreme Prosecutor’s Office for Human Rights Policy for the violation of the regulations and the seizure search. On the morning of day 1, the Supreme Prosecutor’s Office filed a petition to reveal the suspicion that the prosecution had violated human rights and violated investigation procedures. After reviewing the petition, Deputy General Cho decided that an investigation was necessary and assigned the case before Yoon returned to duty.

The Office of Human Rights Policy of the Supreme Prosecutor’s Office may request an investigation from the first-line prosecutor’s office if it is determined that the Supreme Prosecutor’s Office has been violated during the investigation. Since the prosecution is investigating General Yoon, it can be said that General Yoon has acquired a card that allows him to place a ‘match’.

One can question the fact that a supervisory chief violated the regulations and carried out an investigation without permission from a higher level. During the seizure and search process, it can also be a problem for a person from the Supreme Attorney’s Office to make a phone call to a person from the Attorney General’s Office of the Department of Justice. In this regard, the Ministry of the Prosecutor’s Office said: “With the Minister of Justice as the addressee, the incident was reported with simple details such as the fact of recognition, the target person and the crime. It was a process of explanation ”, he refuted.

There is also an interpretation that Cho assigns the case to the office of the Human Rights Policy Officer as a “counterattack”. One of the supervising prosecutors said that during the preparation of a lawsuit to cancel the suspension of work, Mr. Yoon made a strong protest to Assistant Director-General Cho over the grand prosecutor’s response to an official request for related materials, such as guidelines for the great accusation. The Chief of the Great Sword Criminal Division, Lee Jong-geun, and the Chief of the Great Sword Song and Court Affairs Division, Ko Gyeong, were soon also joined by one of the chief prosecutors. . They strongly opposed the inspection of the head of the Policy Planning Division, Moo-gon Jeon, who released the data at the request of President Yoon’s lawyer. One of the supervising prosecutors said he also expressed dissatisfaction with Deputy Director General Cho, who approved the process in which the former manager released the data. In response, the prosecutor said: “I know that Deputy Director General Cho is controlling the escape of the sword chief officers.”

Reporters Jung Yoojin and Kang Kwangwoo [email protected]