The expiry of the detention is approaching... Prosecutor General and Commanding Prosecutor on 'vacation'

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prosecution, which is investigating the allegation of Jang Dong-dong, has been proceeding with a slow pace since the arrest of Kim Man-bae and lawyer Nam-wook. As the detention period is approaching, the deputy chief prosecutor in charge of the investigation takes a leave, and the prosecutor general, who is in charge of the final investigation, suddenly took a leave of absence.

Reporter Won Jong-jin reports.

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Seoul Central Prosecutor's Office's investigation team in charge of the Daejang-dong allegation summoned lawyer Nam-wook from the detention center yesterday (10th) to investigate.

However, Kim Man-bae, who was arrested on the same day, refused to attend, citing personal reasons, and the investigation was not conducted yesterday.

The investigation team was delayed and resumed due to the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19, but even that investigation does not seem to be going smoothly.

4th Deputy Prosecutor Kim Tae-hoon, who is in charge of directing the investigation team, also took a leave of absence until yesterday.

The reason is that he had frequent contact with confirmed team members, the prosecution explained that although he was negative in the corona test, he did not go to work considering the incubation period.

However, rumors are coming out about the leave of the investigative commanding prosecutor.

There has been no investigation into the luxurious legal advisory group, including Rep. Kwak Sang-do, who was named as a lobbyist for “Hwacheon Daeyu,” and former Supreme Court Justice Kwon Soon-il, who received a large amount of torture. This is because only media reports are plentiful about the lobbying allegations.

In the midst of this, Prosecutor General Kim Oh-soo, who had a conflict with reporters over how the Supreme Prosecutor's Office secured a public cell phone for the Supreme Prosecutor's Office, also took a leave of absence from yesterday for the entire week.

In a situation where the investigation process was not smooth and even the bad news of the corona virus overlapped, there are voices of criticism as to whether it is the proper conduct as the prosecutor-general to leave even the person in charge of the investigation, or whether there is a will to investigate.