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Airborne Service has launched an investigation into the alleged abuse of power by former Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol. Although the allegations were reported by a civic group, former President Yoon's side stated that they had already been decided not to be charged with.
Reporter Bae Jun-woo reports.
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was twice in February and March that a civic group filed a complaint against former Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol to the Airborne Service.
In May 2019, while serving as the chief of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office, he was accused of misuse of his authority by interfering with the investigation and prosecution of allegations that he had poorly directed the investigation into the Optimus fund fraud case and that the prosecutor gave false testimony to the inmate at the trial of former Prime Minister Han Myung-sook during his tenure as prosecutor general. Suspicion.
The Ministry of Airborne Affairs notified the accuser on the 4th that it had booked former President Yoon for these allegations.
We also assigned official case numbers called 2021 Deduction Nos. 7 and 8.
Among more than 1,400 accusations by the Ministry of Public Security, where the conditions for investigation are still not complete, it is surprising that the case of former President Yoon was selected and the investigation began.
In particular, attention is focused on the background as it is the time when former President Yoon is preparing for his full-fledged presidential campaign.
The former president's side explained that both cases were concluded without charges through the prosecution's investigation and the judgment of the disciplinary committee of the Ministry of Justice.
Political reactions were mixed.
The passport welcomed that they wanted the Airborne Service to make an independent decision and find out the truth, and the opposition parties set up a day to judge whether the Airborne Service was just enforcing the law, or whether it was an unsettling choice and concentration.