Ministry of Justice's Attempt to Reappoint 'Samsung-Origin Lawyer' Rejected by Personnel Committee

Minister of Justice Choo Mi-ae is arriving at the Ministry of Justice in the Government Complex Gwacheon, Gyeonggi Province, on the 8th, when the Prosecutor Personnel Committee is scheduled to take place. Photo by Hyunmin Kim kimhyun81@

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Hyung-min] The Ministry of Justice reportedly attempted to reappoint a former prosecutor from Samsung Electronics' legal team to a chief prosecutor-level position, but the plan was scrapped.

According to the legal community on the 8th, the Ministry of Justice's Prosecutor Personnel Committee held a meeting that morning and rejected the proposal to newly appoint Yoo Hyuk (52, Judicial Research and Training Institute class 26), former head of the Tongyeong Branch of Changwon District Prosecutors' Office, as a prosecutor. The committee reportedly found it inappropriate to appoint him as a chief prosecutor-level prosecutor after confirming that he had resigned twice before.

It is rumored that the Ministry of Justice had prepared a plan to appoint former Branch Chief Yoo as a prosecutor and then assign him to a chief prosecutor-level position.

Former Branch Chief Yoo began his career as a prosecutor in 1997 but resigned in 2005. Afterwards, he worked as an assistant manager in the legal team at Samsung Electronics. The following year, he returned to the prosecution, serving as head of the Criminal Division 5 at Uijeongbu District Prosecutors' Office, head of the Organized Crime Division at the Supreme Prosecutors' Office, and chief of the Sokcho Branch. He resigned again last year and started working as a lawyer. The committee discussed the appointment proposal for former Branch Chief Yoo along with promotion and transfer personnel matters at the chief prosecutor level. The Supreme Prosecutors' Office had not received the personnel proposal by the morning.

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