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Justice Minister Choo Mi-ae imposed a disciplinary action against Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol, and took action to exclude the job.

Yoon, who strongly objected to the legal response until the end, is known to be preparing for a legal response without going to work.



This is Lee Hyun-young.



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Justice Minister Choo Mi-ae, who announced the suspension of his duties while requesting the disciplinary action of Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol on the evening of the 24th, did not respond to questions from reporters on his way to work today.



[Chu Mi-ae/Minister of Justice: (President Yoon will fight legally until the end yesterday, but I did this, but only once...)…

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Minister Chu will convene a prosecutor's disciplinary committee to determine whether and where to do so, as early as next week.



Earlier, Minister Chu said he had confirmed several serious and serious charges of misconduct as a result of conducting an inspection against General Yoon.



In 2018, when he was in office as the Seoul Central District Prosecutor's Office, there was an inappropriate contact with the JoongAng Ilbo's key owner, and there was a fact that he conducted inspections such as grasping the propensity of the judges in major cases such as the case of former Minister Cho Kook.



In the process of a face-to-face investigation by the Prosecutors Office of the Ministry of Justice, I also heard charges of violating the obligation to cooperate and obstructing the prosecution.



Immediately after the announcement of Minister Chu, General Yoon Seok-yeol said that he had been serving as the prosecutor general without shame in order to protect the prosecution's political neutrality, and said that he would legally respond to illegal and unfair disposition until the end.



It is also known that he is in a position that he can refute all reasons for disciplinary action in detail.



It is known that Yoon is preparing legal countermeasures such as filing a lawsuit for suspension or cancellation of execution without attending the Supreme Prosecutors' Office today.