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morning of today (22nd), when the great swordsmanship audit was just beginning, Seoul Southern District Prosecutor's Office Park Soon-cheol expressed his gratitude.
Prosecutor Park, who was in charge of investigating the Lime Fund fraud case and alleged hospitality at prosecutors, expressed his appreciation and posted a post that the politician had covered the prosecution.
This is a criticism of Attorney General Choo Mi-ae's exercise of the investigation and command, and the impact is expected to increase.
Reporter Deok-Hyun Kim covered this content.
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Seoul Southern District Prosecutor's Office Park Soon-cheol, who is in charge of the Lime case investigation, including'prosecutor's suspicion.
This morning, he expressed his appreciation by posting a statement on the prosecution's internal network that the politician had covered the prosecution.
At the same time, he made a regret about what is happening recently.
Prosecutor Park lamented that the announcement of Mr. Kim Bong-hyun's position ahead of the state administration raised suspicion about the investigation, leading to a worrisome situation leading to distrust of the prosecution.
Politicians and the media each criticized them for their excuses, saying that whatever the Southern District Prosecutor's Office finds, they will have no choice but to question the fairness of the investigation.
He also criticized the exercise of the investigation and command of Minister Choo Mi-ae, denying the suspicion of hospitality with the prosecutors and the suspicion that he would be crushed even after knowing the corruption of opposition politicians.
In particular, he said it was difficult to convince him that he was included in the subject of the exercise of command, in that he avoided the suspicions related to the family of the prosecutor general.
Minister Chu said that he would follow up at a critical time, saying he was sorry for his expression.
In the midst of this, President Yoon Suk-yeol said that the investigation into Lime-related opposition politicians is in the final stage.
[Suk-Yeol Yoon/Prosecutor General: Extensive communication and account tracking, now fully tracked.
It's such a situation in the final stage...
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However, as the investigation director's full-fledged expression of the investigation is inevitable, controversy over the exercise of the investigation command authority is expected to continue.
(Video coverage: Joo Yong-jin, video editing: Yumira)
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