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Justice Minister Park Beom-gye mentioned that there is room for conflict of interest over the investigation team of the Suwon District Prosecutors' Office, which is investigating the case of illegal withdrawal of Kim Hak-eui from the former vice minister. After the final coordination of the reorganization, there will be a personnel appointment from the prosecution soon.
Reporter Won Jong-jin reports.
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hour before going to work, Justice Minister Park Beom-gye shared an article on his Facebook page about the case of former Vice Minister Kim Hak-e, which was overruled by the Supreme Court last week.
Then he wrote, 'Investigation as a suspect, investigation as a victim Is this called a conflict of interest?
Regarding this, it is accepted that Minister Park posted an article aimed at Deputy Prosecutor Lee Jeong-seop, who is investigating the suspicion of Kim Hak's illegal withdrawal.
Prosecutor Lee worked in the prosecution's investigation team to investigate former Vice Minister Kim's sexual favors and bribery in 2019, and is currently in charge of maintaining the prosecution of the accused, former Vice Minister Kim.
At the same time, the Supreme Court ordered a retrial on the charge of bribery of former Vice Minister Kim because it is also investigating the case of 'illegal withdrawal', in which former Vice Minister Kim was a victim. it has been
Today (14th), Minister Park publicly posted the expression 'conflict of interest' targeting the chief prosecutor, and there is also an interpretation that he was publicly expressing his intention to replace the chief prosecutor during the upcoming appointment of middle-level executives in the prosecution.
In response, Minister Park answered reporters' questions about this on the way to work, saying only that it would be wide as it was a succession of 41 prosecutors-level personnel last time, and he avoided an immediate answer.