Ministry of Justice Executes Prosecutor Personnel Changes...Mass Replacement of 'Yoon Seok-yeol Faction' (2nd Report)

Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol is moving at the Supreme Prosecutors' Office in Seocho-gu, Seoul, ahead of a visit to Justice Minister Chu Mi-ae on the 7th. Photo by Kang Jin-hyeong aymsdream@

[Asia Economy Reporter Song Seung-yoon] On the 8th, the Ministry of Justice made a sudden personnel reshuffle involving promotions and transfers of senior prosecutors. This is the first personnel action since Minister of Justice Choo Mi-ae took office.

On the 8th, the Ministry of Justice held a Prosecutor Personnel Committee meeting and carried out promotions and transfers of 32 senior prosecutors at the level of Chief Prosecutor (Inspector General) effective from the 13th.

In this personnel reshuffle, the leadership of the Supreme Prosecutors' Office, which was investigating allegations of Blue House election interference and cover-up of inspections, was largely replaced. These are key aides of Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-youl. Han Dong-hoon, Head of the Anti-Corruption and Strong Crime Division, was transferred to Deputy Chief Prosecutor of Busan High Prosecutors' Office. Park Chan-ho, Head of the Public Investigation Division investigating the Blue House election interference allegations, was appointed Chief Prosecutor of Jeju District Prosecutors' Office.

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 Kim Hyun-min kimhyun81@

Lee Seong-yoon, Director of the Prosecutor's Office at the Ministry of Justice, was appointed as the new Chief Prosecutor of Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office, and Shim Jae-cheol, First Deputy Chief Prosecutor of Seoul Southern District Prosecutors' Office, was appointed Head of the Anti-Corruption Division at the Supreme Prosecutors' Office. Bae Yong-won, First Deputy Chief Prosecutor of Suwon District Prosecutors' Office, will serve as Head of the Public Investigation Division. Bae Seong-beom, Chief Prosecutor of Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office, was promoted to High Prosecutor and appointed Director of the Judicial Research and Training Institute. Jo Nam-gwan, Chief Prosecutor of Seoul Eastern District Prosecutors' Office, who oversaw the investigation into the cover-up allegations, was appointed Director of the Prosecutor's Office at the Ministry of Justice, a key position.

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