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Controversy in the case of assault on a taxi driver for “ internal business closure ”
Concerns about “the police will handle the case at will from next year”
In the case of the new prosecution investigation, Seok-yeol Yoon is the final decision.
Lee Yong-gu, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice, will attend a meeting for foreign Koreans in the general situation room of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Communications in the annex of the Jongno-gu government building in Seoul on the 23rd. Newsis
The case of assault on a taxi driver by Vice Minister Lee Yong-gu of the Ministry of Justice is spreading as a controversy over the adjustment of the authority of the prosecutor and the police. With the revision of the Criminal Procedure Law, the prosecution is concerned that if the police have the right to terminate the first investigation starting next year, the possibility of a “ case crypt ” (covering the case in secret), as in the case in which the police did not register Vice Minister Lee Yong-gu.
According to the indictment on the 27th, the Seoul Central District Prosecutor’s Office (Director Dong-Eon Lee) of the Seoul Central District Prosecutor’s Office asked the police whether to directly investigate the case in which civic groups accused the Vice Minister of violating the Law of Special Crimes (Special Privilege Law) in relation to the assault on a taxi driver. This week is due whether to send the case and lead the investigation. The prosecution is also considering the fact that the Seocho Police Station may resume the investigation if the police investigate it, that the defendant is a high-ranking public official, and that the court trial is an important case. In connection with the suspicion that Seocho-seo’s investigation team mishandled Vice Minister Lee Yong-gu’s case, the prosecution has not yet decided on the subject of the investigation.
Vice Minister Lee is known to swear to a taxi driver who drove him in front of his home in Seocho-gu, Seoul, on the night of the 6th last month while he was a lawyer. The police ended an internal investigation without presenting this loan because the taxi driver did not want to be penalized.
A view of the Seoul Central District Prosecutor’s Office in Seocho-gu, Seoul on the afternoon of the 16th of this month. Yunhap news
Within the prosecution, concerns are expressed that the case showed a ‘blind spot’ in the prosecution’s adjustment plan and the light investigation authority, which will take effect on January 1 next year. According to the current Criminal Procedure Law, when the police initiate an investigation, all documents and evidence must be sent to the prosecutor regardless of whether they have a prosecution or non-prosecution opinion, but under the revised Criminal Procedure Law, the case for the prosecutor is only when it is recognized that there is a criminal charge. It stipulates that they are shipped. Like the prosecution, the police were given the authority to terminate the investigation. The prosecution has pointed out that with the revision of the Criminal Procedure Law, even if the police unfairly terminate the case in the future, it cannot be under the judicial control of the prosecution as before, but the case of Vice Minister Lee Yong-gu revealed that blind spot.
A senior prosecutor who has extensive experience leading the investigation said: “It is more important whether the ‘invisible hand’ influenced the readiness of the police to close the internal investigation than whether Vice Minister Lee Yong-gu was guilty.” “I emphasized. Representative Kim Woong, who was a prosecutor, said:” If the revised investigation rule is correct, the police who initiated the investigation can freely terminate the case or over-investigate the suspect. “He noted that the corruption investigation can disappear altogether. “
Attorney General Yoon Seok-yeol, who returned to work following the court’s decision to suspend the effect of the disciplinary action, is going to work at the Supreme Prosecutor’s Office in Seocho-gu, Seoul. Yunhap news
As such, the influential personnel of the current government are under investigation, and as such an incident may become a catalyst for the conflict between the prosecution and the police, attention is also being paid to the election of Attorney General Yoon Seok-yeol. Vice Minister Yong-gu Lee is a member of the Disciplinary Committee of the Prosecutor’s Office of the Ministry of Justice, who gave President Yoon a disposition for “ two months of honesty ”, and is receiving more attention because he is a person who stood in front of to President Yoon. An official from the Supreme Prosecutor’s Office said: “If the prosecution directly investigates the case of this vice minister, Yun has no choice but to receive reports of the status of the investigation from time to time. The prosecution’s choice, apply or not the law, it may affect the case. ” I looked out.
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