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Lee Tae-jong, head of the Seoul Western District Court, attends the Seoul High Court of the National Assembly Legislative Judicial Council and the Seoul Central District Court held at the Seoul High Court in Seocho-gu, Seoul, on the morning of 20. 2017.10.20 / News1 © News1 Former Seoul Western District Court Chief Lee Tae-jong (60th Judicial Research and Training Institute), who was handed over to trial for passing the secrets of the investigation into the corruption of judicial personnel to the court administration office, he was acquitted in the first trial. Consequently, in the first trial four times in connection with the alleged abuse of judicial administration authority, the six current and former judges, including the former head of the court, were declared acquitted. Eight members, including former Deputy Chief of the Court Administration Department, Lim Jong-heon, and former Chief Justice Yang Seung-tae, are undergoing a first trial.
On the 18th, the 26th Criminal Settlement Division of the Seoul Central District Court (Presiding Judge Rae-ni Kim) pleaded the acquittal of former court chief Lee, who was charged with obstructing the exercise of the right to abuse of authority. and leaking public service secrets. The prosecution was accused of reporting the confidentiality of the investigation to former Deputy Director Lim to prevent further investigation when the prosecution launched an investigation into the corruption of employees of the Seoul Western District Law Enforcement Office in 2016. It was the fact of the prosecution’s prosecution that the former head of the court instructed the Seoul Western District Law staff to understand and report on the prosecution’s investigation, and leaked a copy of the order.
However, the judge said: “Based on the evidence, it is difficult to say that the defendant intended to stop the investigation other than the purpose of conducting a thorough audit (for corruption of the executive officer).” Furthermore, he did not instruct the employees of the executive officer’s office to obtain a copy of the court order or to capture the statements of the person in question, and he judged that this was something that the Planning Judge had discovered for himself. The Planning Judge also sent the report on the order of the former Deputy Chief Lim during the trial and stated that it was not an order of the former Chief of Court. Regarding the accusations of abuse of authority, the court said: “There is no room for abuse of authority because the former head of the court has never instructed to report a copy of the order, and even if instructed, this is a Legitimate work of the head of the tribunal (for internal audit) “. . Immediately after the trial, the former head of the court, Lee, said: “Thank you to the judge for making the right decision. “I am very happy that the damaged honor of a judge, who has been judging harder than anyone on the front lines of the court for over 30 years, can recover a little.” The prosecution said it would appeal, saying: “The court has concluded that it was as if it were a single crime by the planning judge.” Reporter Park Sang-jun [email protected] Go to reporter page>
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