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Justice Minister Choo Mi-ae's order today (19th) is interpreted as being directly aimed at Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol.
I will connect a reporter to the Supreme Prosecutors' Office to see what the prosecution's reaction to this is.
Reporter Kang Cheong-wan, the Ministry of Justice's announcement came out late this afternoon, past 5:30, and Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol also entered the position immediately.
<Reporter>
About 30 minutes after the announcement by the Ministry of Justice, Daekendo released a brief statement.
'Because of the Ministry of Justice's action, Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol is no longer able to direct the investigation of the Lime case.' He said he hopes to clean up and meet the expectations of the people.
As in yesterday, he put forward a principled position to refrain from refuting or responding sharply to the Ministry of Justice and to thoroughly investigate the Lime case.
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you look at what Minister Chu ordered again today, thoroughly investigate the cases related to Yoon's wife and mother-in-law.
<Reporter>
Yes, President Yoon did not officially comment on family-related cases.
A representative of the Supreme Prosecutors' Office explained that there is no need to disclose a separate position since there has not been any intervention or report on the investigation of a family-related case from the beginning.
However, he mentioned that what he mentioned in relation to the Lime investigation was a request for the prosecutors to quickly investigate the allegations raised without bias.
However, as it is not known in which direction the investigation will unfold, it is likely that interest will be focused on what kind of action Yoon will take in the future.
(On-site progress: Kim Se-kyung, video editing: Choi Hye-young)
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