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Mi-ae Choo (left), Minister of Justice and Head of Audit and Inspection Choi Jae-hyung. Yunhap news
Last month, a group of lawyers asked the Auditor for an audit for the staff of the middle prosecutor’s office, where the Minister of Justice, Choo Mi-ae, and the Assistant District Attorney for the Seoul Central District, Lee Seong -yoon, they were deployed. This is said to be a case of “damaging the public interest through corruption.” There is no unprecedented case in which the prosecution has been the subject of an audit request.
A meeting of human rights and reunification lawyers on the Korean peninsula (Hanbyun) announced on August 27 that it will submit a national audit request for the staff of Minister Chu’s middle executive.
In an audit request, Han Byeon said: “After Minister Chu Mi-ae, the quasi-judicial institution that investigated corruption of power has disappeared due to the repeated massacre of government biases”, and “It is an investigation for abuse of authority and corruption that seeks the interests of oneself or of a third party “. Act”.
Pursuant to Article 72, paragraph 1 of the Anti-Corruption Rights Law, Korea Byeon requests a national audit from the Board of Audit and Inspection. This law contained content that made it possible to request an audit by more than 300 citizens to request an audit in cases in which the affairs of a public institution significantly harm the public interest by violating laws or corruption. A total of 502 people participated in this audit request.
“Minister Chu promoted the prosecutor in charge of the case of non-return of his son’s military leave to the vice president of the Seoul Central District Prosecutor’s Office.” There are, “he noted.
“Minister Chu promoted prosecutor Jeong Jin-woong, who committed self-harm on his cell phone, to confiscate the mobile phone of prosecutor Han Dong-hoon, to the deputy chief of the Gwangju district prosecutor’s office.” I did it.”
At the same time, “all the prosecutors who were investigating corruption in the current regime, such as the family irregularities of former Justice Minister Cho Kook, former Deputy Mayor Yoo Jae-soo of the Busan City Prosecutor’s Office, and the Lime Asset Management case Fund, they were downgraded or replaced.
When a national audit request is submitted, the National Audit Request Committee within the Audit Office decides whether or not to initiate an audit through preliminary review. The committee is made up of 3 members of the internal staff of the Audit Office and 4 external staff such as lawyers and professors.
Reporter Kim Ji-hye [email protected]
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