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In addition, the Ministry of Justice revealed that it has directly investigated former chairman Kim Bong-hyun, a key figure in the Lime incident, and identified the identities of some of the prosecutors suspected of being entertained.
The Ministry of Justice commissioned the investigation of the matter, and the Seoul Southern District Prosecutors' Office formed a separate investigation team and immediately began the investigation.
This is reporter Lim Chan-jong.
<Reporter> The
Ministry of Justice said that it has directly investigated Kim Bong-hyun for three consecutive days since the 16th, when suspicions of hospitality at prosecutors were exposed.
Kim claimed to have hosted three incumbent prosecutors in July of last year through a statement released to the media, but did not disclose their real names, but it is known that some of the identities of the prosecutors were mentioned during the investigation by the Ministry of Justice.
An official from the Ministry of Justice said that although Mr. Kim did not remember the names of all three, he identified the identities of some prosecutors based on Mr. Kim's statement.
The Ministry of Justice said that there is a need for an expedited investigation, and said that it has requested an investigation by the prosecution against the prosecutors that Mr. Kim pointed out for violating the law against bribery and illegal solicitation.
Park Soon-cheol, the Seoul Southern District Prosecutor's Office, also said that the judiciary commission had set up a separate investigation team at the request of the Ministry of Justice and excluded prosecutors who were suspicious.
[Sho Byeong-cheol/Dovereul Democratic Party Member: The prosecutors in question, are those prosecutors still in the south (district prosecutor)?]
[Park Soon-cheol/Seoul Southern
District Prosecutor's Office
: I can't confirm that part now.]
[Sho Byeong-cheol/Deuteronomy Democratic Party Member: (If there are such prosecutors) Isn't it correct that you have to
withdraw
your hand from all these investigations?]
[Park Soon-cheol/Seoul Southern District Prosecutor's Office: Yes, I think that is natural.
Just by raising suspicion...
]
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(Video coverage: Yang Doo-won, video editing: Park Ki-deok)
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