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Justice Minister Chu Mi-ae attends the State Council meeting held at the Seoul Government Complex in Sejong-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul on the morning of the 10th. News 1
A conservative civic group charged the Minister of Justice, Chu Mi-ae, claiming that it was a loss of the state treasury for allocating expenses for special activities of the Supreme Prosecutor’s Office to the Prosecutor’s Office of the Ministry of Justice.
On the 10th, the solidarity (legal refinement) to establish the right to the rule of law of a civic group said on the 10th that “the Supreme Prosecutor’s Office has filed a complaint with the Supreme Prosecutor’s Office as a joint crime for the loss of government.
The improvement of the law stated: “The purpose of the investigation of the cases or the collection of information is clearly determined, so the Ministry of Justice will arbitrarily deduct one billion won from the Ministry of Justice for special functions that must be strictly used. , like the correctional headquarters, which is not related to the ‘investigation of information and cases requiring confidentiality.’ What you paid for your business expenses clearly constitutes embezzlement. “
“Minister Chu is the final approval authority for the budget execution of the Ministry of Justice according to the law, and the prosecutor’s office is in a position to oversee the budget of the prosecution, so the chief prosecutor conspired and he committed the loss of the national treasure. “
The day before, opposition legislators belonging to the Legislative Judicial Commission of the National Assembly carried out a verification of the documents under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Justice and the Supreme Prosecutor’s Office related to special expenses in the Supreme Prosecutor’s Office. According to data confirmed on the day by Deputy Soo-jin Cho, the Prosecutor’s Office of the Ministry of Justice from January this year to the last 12 times was paid 1.30 billion won for special prosecution expenses. This is part of the 9.4 billion won the Great Sword received from the national budget.
Opposition lawmakers said, “Every year, 1 billion won in special performance expenses flows to the Prosecutor’s Office of the Ministry of Justice and is used by the correctional headquarters. have been executed. ”
The Ministry of Justice said the day before that “Minister Chu, who took office earlier this year in the verification of documents by the Judicial Commission, reported that unlike previous years, he had never been assigned or used special expenses for the prosecution “.
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A lawyer from Seocho-dong said: “If the Ministry of Justice used special expenses for its purpose, it could be controversial,” he said. “The application of the crime of loss of the national treasury depends on the will of the prosecution to investigate.”
Kim Jae-won, a former member of the Future Integration Party, said on Facebook on the 8th that Minister Chu’s request for an investigation into the execution of special activities spending for the prosecution will have a surprising result. “I hope you get proof that you use it as money and punish the former Minister of Justice for embezzlement and loss of government treasure,” he wrote.
Reporter Kang Kwang-woo [email protected]
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