Prosecutors Reject Communication Warrant for Joo Kwang-deok, Korean Party Lawmaker in 'Cho Kuk's Daughter Student Record Leak' Case

Joo Kwang-deok, member of the Liberty Korea Party. Photo by Yoon Dong-ju doso7@

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Gwan-ju] The police investigating the alleged leak of the high school records (student records) of Cho Kuk, former Minister of Justice's daughter, applied for a communication warrant to examine the mobile phone of Joo Kwang-deok, a member of the Liberty Korea Party, but it was rejected by the prosecution.

On the 6th, Lee Yong-pyo, Commissioner of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, stated at a press conference, "We applied for a communication warrant for Representative Joo, but it was rejected. However, a seizure warrant was issued to secure emails for a certain period, and it is currently being executed."

Earlier, Representative Joo raised suspicions regarding Cho Min, the daughter of former Minister Cho, and obtained her high school student records as a 'public interest report,' partially disclosing them, which sparked controversy over the leak. The police searched the server management department of the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education and investigated the staff of Hanyoung Foreign Language High School, from which Cho graduated, but it is known that no evidence of leakage was detected.

Additionally, Commissioner Lee said regarding the death of Prosecutor Investigator A, who worked under former Blue House Civil Affairs Secretary Baek Won-woo, "The process of confirming the phone call counterpart of the mobile phone is nearing completion." The prosecution searched the Seocho Police Station, which is investigating Investigator A's death, and secured A's mobile phone. The police applied twice for seizure warrants on the mobile phone to investigate the circumstances of A's death, but these were rejected at the prosecution stage.

Regarding the reapplication for the seizure warrant on Investigator A's mobile phone, Commissioner Lee said, "We plan to review it after seeing the forensic analysis results from the prosecution."

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