[단독]The Ministry of Justice ‘Opti Inspector’ confirms access to lawyers during the accusation

Justice Minister Chu Mi-ae (left) will attend the Gwacheon government office on the 9th. Attorney General Yoon Seok-yeol also works at the Supreme Prosecutor’s Office in Seocho-dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul. [연합뉴스]

It was discovered that the Ministry of Justice confirmed the records of the lawyer who entered the office while Attorney General Yoon Seok-yeol was in office as the Seoul Central District Prosecutor’s Office to inspect the alleged Optimus fund fraud case.

According to JoongAng Ilbo’s coverage on the 22nd, a plurality of prosecutors and legal officials said that when Yoon was working as a Seoul Central District Prosecutor’s Office, some of the access records that a lawyer visited the office were confirmed by the inspection department. of the Ministry of Justice.

Justice Minister Choo Mi-ae is said to be trying to find out what he referred to as “the lawyer in Optimus was a famous lawyer who had a close relationship with the attorney general.” Each prosecutor’s office prepares and maintains an oral defense management registry to manage access to lawyers.

In a national audit conducted last month, the ruling party raised doubts about the case handling process, claiming that the aunt lawyer who worked on the special prosecution team with Park Young-soo was an advisor to Optimus. Subsequently, Minister Chu ordered the inspection of the Seoul Central District Prosecutor’s Office to confirm the acquittal process of the Seoul Central District Prosecutor’s Office of the Korean Broadcasting Agency’s request for an investigation into Optimus last year. The reduction of investigations and attention, the lobbying of influential personnel and the denunciation of President Yun are subject to inspection.

An official from the prosecution office in the metropolitan area said: “The Ministry of Justice has confirmed the record of your visit to the Seoul Central District Prosecutor’s office in connection with the Optimus prosecutor’s office.” An official in the Optimus case also said: “I heard that the Ministry of Justice has verified the data to confirm whether this lawyer has met with President Yoon at Optimus. Said. In response, an official from the Justice Ministry said: “It is a matter related to the prosecution and cannot be confirmed.”

Optimus Asset Management logo. [홈페이지 캡처]

Chuncheon District Prosecutor’s Chief Kim Yoo-cheol, who was in charge of the case following Minister Chu’s passport claim and prosecution order, refuted the suspicion of narrowing the investigation by uploading four pages of explanatory data from A4 size in the internal network of the prosecution. In an article, Chief Director Kim said: “There was no problem as a result of the self-investigation and the investigation of the Financial Supervision Service,” said the client of the investigation, “I do not know exactly what allegations were written in the investigation request “. It was difficult.”

Meanwhile, it is argued that the Radio Agency has asked Optimus for his understanding of the accusation. Former Optimus CEO Kim Jae-hyun said: “At the time, an official from the radio agency said: ‘The Ministry of Science and ICT (Ministry of Science and Technology, Information and Communication) had no choice. to accuse Optimus. I’ll explain it to you and I know it’s a closed case because there was no harm. ”In the process of being acquitted at the time, former CEO Kim’s position was that the investigation was not reduced or dropped.

Reporter Na Unchae [email protected]