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prosecution started a full-fledged investigation of the process of urgently banning Kim Hak's former Vice Minister of Justice from leaving the country, and Justice Minister Choo Mi-ae strongly criticized that he denied the investigation itself.
Reporter Son Hyung-an reports.
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This is a post by Justice Minister Cho Mi-ae on his social
media
account this afternoon (16th).
Aiming at the formation of a large-scale prosecutors' investigation team on the process of banning the departure of former Vice Minister Kim Hak-eui, he criticized the prosecution as denying and denying the past activities of the prosecution and even a legitimate re-investigation.
He pointed out that he is conducting a typical theater-type investigation through public opinion, and that it is an investigation behavior contrary to the reform of the prosecution.
Minister Chu also pointed out the details of the suspicion.
Taking the time of Minister Hwang Gyo-an in 2013 as an example, he emphasized that the Minister of Justice has the right to withdraw money. I refuted.
There were such controversies even at the time of the ban on departure, but he also pointed out that it is contradictory to have a large-scale investigation manpower now.
Prior to this, the Ministry of Justice also announced that the withdrawal controversy is secondary and that it does not affect the legality of the investigation.
However, it is also pointed out that the reason that Minister Chu made such a position was that he provided guidelines for the investigation while incumbent prosecutors and the Ministry of Justice were among the targets of suspicion.
(Video coverage: Senior Citizen·Lee Chansu, Video editing: Park Jin-hoon, Video courtesy: JTBC)