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Minister of Justice Choo Mi-ae. 2020.10.12 / News1 © News1 Former Optimus Asset Management CEO Lee Hyeok-jin, who is fleeing abroad on suspicion of ‘Optimus Fund Fraud’, Justice Minister Choo Mi-ae said: “On September 24, we requested cooperation to request the extradition of criminals “.
Minister Chu said in a state audit of the Ministry of Justice of the Legislative and Judicial Committee of the National Assembly on the 12th: “I cannot tell you in detail due to mutual compliance obligations under the treaty.” “The Ministry of Justice is doing everything possible to do it quickly.”
When asked by Representative Yoon Han-hong if he had filed an extradition request against former CEO Lee and requested a copy of the official letter, he gave an explanation in the afternoon’s audit.
However, Minister Chu said that submitting a copy of the official document is difficult due to ‘legal restrictions’ and said: “The Ministry of Justice is also trying to (repatriate) quickly.” Minister Cho said that former Representative Lee Soo-jin Cho, who was under investigation in 2018, was the president’s chairman. He said that he left the country in accordance with the tour schedule and asked: “Is the suspect temporarily at large?” This is the effect that former Minister Park Sang-sang did not temporarily lift the exit ban in accordance with the presidential tour schedule. Representative Cho in the US Embassy National Oversight, conducted by the National Assembly Transportation and Foreign Affairs Committee that day, through additional investigations. Regarding the question of ‘what measures are being taken with the other country for the extradition request of Lee’s criminal’, commenting on the fact that Lee Soo-hyuk, ambassador to the United States, answered ‘There is no report’, he said . Are you saying that you are letting go of your hand?
In response, Minister Chu said: “(Former Representative Lee) was released at the same time as he was sentenced to parole and left Korea on March 22, 2018, and two months later, the Supreme Prosecutor’s Office requested the exit ban. “. Revealed.
He added: “It is necessary to request a ban on leaving the country, but the Ministry of Justice does not indiscriminately prohibit the country from leaving Korea. We are still negotiating accordingly. “
Former CEO Lee, founder of Optimus Asset Management, has been involved in five cases, including embezzlement, and has been investigated by the Suwon District Attorney’s Office. The prosecution suspended the prosecution against him. Former CEO Lee is suspected of obtaining preferential treatment in the Optimus establishment process through the use of his personal connections, including a special report on foreign affairs and security from President Lim Jong-seok, a former student at the university.
(Seoul = News 1)
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