<Anchor> Last
year, former Justice Minister Choo Mi-ae exercised the right to lead the investigation, excluding Yoon Seok-yeol from investigations involving the then Prosecutor General and his family.
However, Justice Minister Park Beom-gye was trying to restore the president's command yesterday (31st), but abruptly stopped it.
Reporter Kim Kwan-jin reports what the background is.
<Reporter> Last
year, former Minister Choo Mi-ae twice exercised her authority to lead the investigation and excluded then-President Yoon Seok-yeol from leading some cases.
Six cases were targeted, including the suspicion of Deutsche Motors stock price manipulation and the attempted coercion of a Channel A reporter involving Yoon's family and aides.
Minister Park said that although the prosecutor general has changed, the incumbent president still does not receive an investigation report as being abnormal, and he tried to restore it by directing the investigation by the minister.
[Park Beom-gye/Minister of Justice: I have a feeling that normalizing abnormality is not in accordance with the Prosecutor's Office Act and the system based on various laws.]
However, with regards to restoring the command of the Prosecutor General, Minister Park said, 'The allegation of attempted coercion of a Channel A reporter. There was an interpretation that it was not a paving stone to be involved in the disposition of Prosecutor Han Dong-hoon, the main suspect in the case.
After reviving the leadership of the president, he wondered if he could intervene in the case through the president, but Minister Park jumped.
[Park Beom-gye/Minister of Justice: I was really surprised to write that (article) as if it was taken into account by targeting it only for one person.]
It is known that concerns such as the possibility of abuse of power have arisen even within the Prosecutor's Office of the Ministry of Justice.
The Ministry of Justice said that the article was published because the truth was distorted.