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the process of seizing and searching for the mobile phone of prosecutor Han Dong-hoon, the prosecutors began to inspect in earnest. Among them, some point out that it was illegal for the investigation team to confirm the conversation of Prosecutor Han Dong-hoon with KakaoTalk using a mobile phone sim.

Reporter Lee Hyun-young was covered.

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Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Investigation Team put in mind the precautions obtained from prosecutor Han Dong-hoon on the afternoon of the 29th (29th) in the mobile phone air system.

After that, it was found that he accessed KakaoTalk with the ID of a prosecutor using the user identification information stored in the SIM.

During this process, it was reported that the investigative team changed the password of a prosecutor's KakaoTalk.

However, there was controversy over illegal interception.

It means that the investigation team can see Kakao Talk messages coming to one prosecutor in real time, and that they can see all other text messages coming to one prosecutor in the process of receiving'authenticated text' to access Kakao Talk.

[Gu Tae-eun Lawyer/IT Specialist Lawyer: The act of receiving a text message coming from real time from the time of installing another person's mind to the air system is an interception. Therefore, the act of interception without an interception warrant can be illegal.] In

fact, in 2016, the Supreme Court decided that it was illegal for the investigative agency to obtain an interceptor order and secure the content of the conversation in Kakao Talk. He did not cooperate with warrant execution.

In this situation, the investigative team seems to have tried to check the message of the prosecutor, Kakao Talk, etc. with only a warrant for seizure and search.

The Seoul Central Public Prosecutors' Office said it was unable to confirm whether or not to request a warrant, but the warrant was executed within the method and scope of the warrant issued.

(Video coverage: Gongjin-gu, Video editing: Yumira)