Regarding the fact that the Office of the Inspector General of the Ministry of Justice requested the prosecution to send the investigation records related to the former Minister of Justice Cho's family, the investigation team in charge of maintaining the indictment criticized it as "a grave abuse of power that violated the constitutional principle of separation of powers and the political neutrality of the prosecution." I did.
On the morning of the 15th, the prosecution's investigation team, which investigated the case of the former Minister of Justice Cho's family, made this statement by posting an article titled 'The position of the investigation team on the request for loan of records related to the former Minister of Justice by the Inspector General of the Ministry of Justice' on the Prosecutor's internal network, Ipros, on the morning of the 15th. I did.
The investigation team said, "The Ministry of Justice previously explained that it did not request the investigation records related to the 'familial entrance exam corruption', but only requested the investigation records of the 'case where the judgment has already been confirmed'." It is stated in the official document that it is 'the case of Kim Kyung-rok in relation to the case of the fatherland', but the facts of the crime against the fatherland include the crime of a teacher against Kim Gyeong-rok, so the two records cannot but be one."
This is a rebuttal to the content of the previous explanation that the Ministry of Justice did not request the investigation record related to the homeland family, but requested the investigation record in which the judgment was finalized.
He added, "The request for a loan of records, including the investigation records of Kim Kyung-rok, under the pretext that the case against Kim Kyung-rok, who was indicted separately, has been confirmed, can only be seen as an attempt to undue influence on the investigation and trial of the fatherland case."
The investigation team also said, "It is against the purpose of the Ministry of Justice's inspection regulations to conduct a first-level investigation of fraud by the Ministry of Justice without a convincing explanation of the reason for the exercise of the exceptional first inspection right." The request for a loan of records and the inspection and copying of the inspection officer directly attempted to inspect the public officials belonging to the prosecutor's office directly by the Ministry of Justice," he pointed out.
Previously, Kim Kyung-rok, who served as the wealth manager of the former minister and wife of Cho Kuk, sent a complaint to the National Sinmungo, saying, "The investigation team conspired to confess to the crime during the investigation process, and it was unfair that he lost his job as he was involved in a fight with the prosecution with former Minister Cho." reported to have been submitted.
The Office of the Inspector General of the Ministry of Justice, who took over the complaint, recently sent an official letter to the Seoul Central District Prosecutor's Office to send the investigation record of the confirmed case related to the former Minister Cho's family to find out the facts.
In August 2019, when the investigation into private equity funds began in earnest, Kim was indicted on charges of hiding the hard disk, etc. of the personal computer hard disk of Professor Jeong's home at the instruction of Jeong Kyung-shim, former professor of Dongyang University, the wife of Cho's wife. Probation was confirmed.
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