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Claims are spreading in a different direction to Chairman Kim Bong-Hyun, a key figure in the Lime crisis that he lobbyed incumbent prosecutors and opposition politicians.
Justice Minister Choo Mi-ae and Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol are in a head-on conflict over this issue.
First, the Ministry of Justice did not conduct an investigation properly even after hearing the statement from the prosecution, and the prosecution.
And second time, General Yoon Seok-yeol also received a report and announced that there was a suspicion that he had not commanded a thorough investigation different from what he did to the ruling party.
Let's start with the news from the announcement from the Ministry of Justice.
This is reporter Min Kyung-ho.
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Ministry of Justice conducted an intense surveillance investigation against former Star Mobility Chairman Bong-Hyun Kim, who exposed the suspicion of lobbying the incumbent prosecutor and opposition party for three days from the 16th.
There are two main findings.
First, he told the prosecution that he provided entertainment and money to prosecutors and investigators, and lobbied opposition politicians who were former prosecutors for a billion dollars, but the investigation was not done properly.
In particular, Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol emphasized that there was a suspicion that he did not direct a thorough investigation after receiving reports of specific facts about the opposition and prosecutors' misconduct even though he was directly involved in the selection of the investigation prosecutor in the Lyme case and declared a thorough investigation several times.
An official from the Ministry of Justice said that he knew that during the inspection process, not only the statements of former Chairman Kim, but also the circumstances in which Yoon had already been reported on related information was captured.
Accordingly, the Ministry of Justice said that it is reviewing the subject and method of investigation separately from the ongoing prosecution.
It means that we will create a new investigation team that is not under the command of the prosecutor general, not the Seoul Southern District Prosecutors' Office, which is currently investigating the Lime case.
In the end, there are observations that Justice Minister Choo Mi-ae sees Yun as the peak of the suspicion of disregarding the investigation, and is conducting an investigation that is aimed directly at Yoon by exercising the investigation command.
(Video editing: Park Ki-duk)