The Supreme Prosecutor's Office has filed a disciplinary action against an incumbent prosecutor who said he would provide free legal advice to her husband, who is a lawyer, while promoting her book online.
At the end of last year, Prosecutor General Kim Oh-su requested disciplinary action against Prosecutor A belonging to the Prosecutor's Office located in the metropolitan area according to the results of the deliberation by the Supreme Prosecutor's Inspection Committee.
The Public Prosecutor's Disciplinary Act stipulates that a prosecutor should be disciplined for any act that damages his or her face or prestige as a prosecutor, regardless of whether it is related to his/her duties.
Prosecutor A said in an online book talk on a portal site in August of last year, while promoting a novel book she had written, she received a consultation book worth 160,000 won that would allow her husband, her lawyer, to get free legal advice if she purchased the book. said to provide
The Ministry of Justice plans to convene a disciplinary committee based on the results of the Supreme Prosecutor's Inspection Committee's deliberation to determine whether and how much disciplinary action should be taken.
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