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Regarding the allegations of Lime Lobby, the Ministry of Justice said that it directly investigated former chairman Kim Bong-hyun and identified the identities of some of the prosecutors suspected of being entertained.
At the request of an investigation by the Ministry of Justice, the Seoul Southern District Prosecutor's Office formed a separate investigation team and immediately initiated an investigation.
This is Lim Chan-jong.
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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.
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.
Seoul Southern District Prosecutor's Office Park Soon-cheol also said he had formed a separate investigation team in response to a request for an investigation by the Ministry of Justice at the Judiciary Commission's national supervision and ruled out prosecutors who were suspicious.
[Sobyeongcheol / addition to the Democrats: the examination of problems, the test will now do you stay in the South (District Prosecutors' Office)?]
[Baksuncheol / Seoul South jigeomjang: I can not verify that part now.]
[Sobyeongcheol / addition to the Democrats: (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 those parts are natural.
Just by raising suspicion...
.]
In this regard, Kim Jin-ae, a member of the Open Democratic Party, revealed the real names of the two prosecutors at the head of the bureau, saying that they were prosecutors served by Kim Bong-hyun.