Jeong Jin-woong appointed a prosecution attorney during the investigation and a former judge during the trial

Prosecutor Han Dong-hoon (left) and Deputy Prosecutor Jeong Jin-woong. Yunhap news

During the seizure and search, Deputy Prosecutor Jeong Jin-woong (52), accused of assaulting Prosecutor Han Dong-hun (47), was charged with assaulting the prosecutor’s office. Attorney Jong-yoon Lee (52), a new attorney for Prosecutor Chung, was present at the first preparation date for Prosecutor Chung’s trial held at the 22nd Criminal Division of the Seoul Central District Court (Judge Yang Cheol-han) .

Lawyer Lee served in court until 2009 as Deputy Prosecutor Chung and a former student of the Seoul National University School of Law. During the investigation stage of the prosecution, Deputy Prosecutor Chung had appointed Lee Jung-hoon (50), a former prosecutor, who was the reason for his training center. In the investigation stage, a former prosecutor is appointed and in the trial stage, a lawyer, formerly a judge, is appointed to combat innocence. On the prosecution side, prosecutors Bae Yong-chan (53) and Jin Jeong-gil (47), senior prosecutors from the Seoul Senior Prosecutor’s Office, attended the court directly.

Deputy Prosecutor Chung did not attend because the defendant was not required to attend the trial preparation date. Deputy Judge Yang Chul-han (52), who is the judge, said: “The structure and content of this case are not complicated.”

It was the answer to the question that the prosecution said: “I am curious to know the reason to celebrate the date of the trial.” In cases where the structure is usually straightforward, there are cases where the trial date in which the defendant is present is corrected without a preparatory date. A judge working in the metropolitan area said: “The judge seems to be aware of the public interest in this case.”

Jin-woong Chung, who was being treated in the emergency room of a general hospital last July. The Seoul Central District Prosecutor’s Office released this photo when media reported after Deputy Prosecutor Jeong assaulted prosecutor Han Dong-hoon. [연합뉴스, 서울중앙지검 제공]

During an investigation into former Channel A reporter Lee Dong-jae in July, Deputy Prosecutor Chung was seized and searched from one of the prosecutors and charged with assaulting one of the prosecutors. At that point, Deputy Prosecutor Chung ran up to one of the prosecutors and shot him down, saying he was trying to destroy the evidence.

As the controversy later grew, Deputy Prosecutor Jeong even posted a photo of himself lying down in a Seoul hospital to the media. However, a prosecution filed a complaint claiming that he did not destroy the evidence, and Deputy Prosecutor Jeong also made a statement saying that he was “misunderstood” in the investigation process.

On the 27th of last month, the Seoul Senior Prosecutor, who investigated Prosecutor Chung, indicted the unanimous opinion of the investigation team. A practicing prosecutor said: “In the end, the perpetrator assaulted the victim and uploaded a photo of his hospitalization.”

Justice Minister Chu Mi-ae is reviewing his mask at the plenary session of the National Assembly on the 19th. Minister Chu has yet to remove Prosecutor Chung’s duties. Reporter Oh Jong-taek

After the prosecution of the Seoul Senior Prosecutor’s Office, the Supreme Prosecutor’s Office requested the Ministry of Justice to remove the functions of Deputy Prosecutor Chung. The current practice of the prosecutor’s office of exclusion of duties after indictment continued. However, since Justice Minister Chu Mi-ae did not approve it, Deputy Prosecutor Chung is still approving the case at the Gwangju District Prosecutor’s Office. Prosecutor Han Dong-hoon was not even prosecuted, but was removed from his duties under the direction of Minister Chu.

On the 15th, he claimed that the opinion of the Chief of the Supreme Prosecutor’s Office, Han Dong-soo, had been ignored on the 15th. One of the prosecutors said that a prosecutor who was not the Chief Prosecutor of the Office of the Senior Prosecutor was prosecuted of Seoul, and questioned the legitimacy of the investigation.

However, his argument was immediately refuted the next day by Myung Jeom-sik, the head of the Seoul Superior Prosecutor’s Office. Myung’s attorney general said, “The Seoul high school prosecutors shared the investigation and the prosecutors agreed, and the prosecutor’s office prosecuted him as the chief prosecutor.”

The appearance of former Channel A reporter Lee Dong-jae, one of the main parts of this case. Former reporter Lee is on trial after being arrested for attempted coercion. [연합뉴스]

On the 17th, Bucheon District Human Rights Superintendent Jung Yoo-mi noted: “If the current prosecutor is not just a suspect, but becomes a defendant after being indicted, it is appropriate to be excluded from work.” . Regarding Deputy Prosecutor Chung’s assault on a prosecutor, he also uploaded his own hospitalization photo: “The practicing prosecutor expelled the same prosecutor at the place of seizure and search and then released a shameful image of hospitalization despite the fact that it was a red dot. ” Said.

Deputy Prosecutor Chung has not commented on the views of these prosecutors. However, after being indicted, she has not attended the trial of former reporter Lee Dong-jae.

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