尹 hit the plate to be hit by 秋 … “Illegal order of the Minister to inspect special expenses”

Justice Minister Choo Mi-ae answers questions from lawmakers at the plenary meeting of the Legislative Justice Committee held at the National Assembly in Yeouido, Seoul on the 5th. Reporter Oh Jong-taek

It is noted that the Minister of Justice, Choo Mi-ae, directly took out the investigation card of expenses of special activities (expenses of special activities) of the prosecution: “It is illegal to bypass the general and direct orders of the minister to the Supreme Prosecutor’s Office” .

According to law enforcement officials on the 9th, it is argued that on the 6th it is illegal to order the Supreme Prosecutor’s Office to investigate the details of the use of special expenses for the Supreme Prosecutor’s Office and each local prosecutor’s office. Under the direction of Minister Chu, the Supreme Prosecutor’s Office should investigate not only the monthly use of special expenses, but also the payment of more than 5 million won once to a specific prosecutor or department and report to the Ministry of Justice.

The prosecution even pointed out that all prosecution and investigation orders, including this order, which were carried out four times last month, against Yun, were illegal. Minister Chu did not directly use the term “inspection” in this special activity order, but it is actually interpreted as “inspection” because the subject of the investigation is “the Supreme Prosecutor’s Office.”

One prosecutor said: “The mobilization of the prosecution violates the spirit of the prosecutor’s disciplinary law, which strictly separates disciplinary prosecution (the authority of the president) and resolution (the authority of the Minister of Justice). “Another acting prosecutor also said:” The law requires the Minister of Justice to instruct only the president for specific cases, but the Ministry of Justice will argue that this order is also ‘not a case.’ “He said:” I don’t know why what does the attorney general need?

Attorney General Yoon Seok-yeol is on the morning of the 3rd to work at the Supreme Prosecutor’s Office in Seocho-gu, Seoul.[연합뉴스]

Attorney Wan-kyu Lee (Dongin Law Firm), formerly the head of the Bucheon section, said: “The Supreme Prosecutor’s Office is an assistant to the Chief Prosecutor to help the prosecutor exercise disciplinary claims against prosecutors. . It is illegal to instruct the Prosecutor’s Office to supervise the president, because it was instructing matters that do not belong to the authority. Minister Chu told the National Assembly Legislative Judicial Committee on the 5th, “President Seok-yeol Yoon uses special expenses like pocket money.” The following day, the Ministry of Justice informed the incoming and outgoing reporters of Minister Chu’s order in the form of a ‘Notification of the Ministry of Justice’.

Minister Chu told the National Assembly that “the Supreme Prosecutor’s Office received 9.4 billion won this year and arbitrarily executed it, but it is impossible to know how it was spent,” he said. “The Central District Attorney’s Office said that the investigation team suffered difficulties because until recently no special expenses were paid.” Revealed. Attorney Wan-gyu Lee said, “I instructed not only the prosecutor to inspect the instructions, but also the special activity expenses of the front-line district attorneys,” he said.

A lawyer from the Public Prosecutor’s Office said: “The custom of the Ministry of Justice is to take part of the budget for special expenses assigned to the Grand Prosecutor’s Office.” Said. Another analysis suggests that the problem of non-payment of special services expenses for the central district attorney mentioned by Minister Chu may arise because the Seoul central district attorney general, Lee Seong-yoon, who is not the president overall, it was not delivered. That day, a civic group, the Legislative Action Alliance (Legal Refinement), also requested an investigation from the Supreme Prosecutor’s Office, alleging that there is a possibility that Minister Chu has used special expenses for illegal use.

Reporter Minsang Kim [email protected]