Kim Jin-wook, head of the High-ranking Public Officials Crime Investigation Office (hereinafter referred to as the Ministry of Public Affairs) and Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol, agreed to operate a working-level consultation channel between the two organizations at a meeting today (8th).
Deputy Chief Kim said that after an hour and 40 minutes private meeting with President Yoon at the Supreme Prosecutors' Office on this afternoon, he met with reporters and said, "We had a principled conversation to cooperate well on the case transfer provisions, and the atmosphere was good."
He added, "(The Airborne Ministry) didn't discuss the specific case transfer criteria as the personnel would not be finished until the end of March and early April."
In addition, he said, "As a whole, we talked a lot in principle to cooperate well with each other in that we need to use our country's anti-corruption investigation capabilities efficiently," he said.
Contrary to the notice that it will be at the level of mutual visitation, regarding the meeting for close to two hours, "we had a lot of academic and legal talks about the prosecution system." "After the French and German systems entered Korea through Japan, We talked about historical things to go in the direction, and as a result, there were no practical incidents."
It is known that Yoon explained his experience as the head of the investigation team in the special inspection team for the case of former President Park Geun-hye in 2016.
After the meeting, the Supreme Prosecutors gave out explanatory materials and said, "President Yoon congratulated Director Kim in his inauguration and agreed to actively cooperate for the smooth operation of the airlift." I decided to do it."
Starting with a visit to the prefectural center on the 25th of last month, Deputy Chief Kim is continuing to digest external disclosure schedules, including a visit to the National Assembly on the 26th, prevention of the President of the Korean Byeon Association on the 27th, and prevention of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court on the 29th.
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