청 "Prosecutors' Arbitrary Creation of Seizure List, Illegal Investigation"

Controversy Over Failed Search of Cheongwadae Office for Autonomy Development Secretary... "Detailed List Arbitrarily Created Without Court Judgment"

[Asia Economy Reporter Ryu Jeong-min] The Blue House pointed out on the 10th that the prosecution's search and seizure of the Secretary for Local Autonomy Development's office, which failed, was an illegal investigation in which the prosecution arbitrarily prepared the list of seized items.

A senior Blue House official told reporters on the 12th, "The prosecution did not present a detailed list at the time of the search and seizure, and only presented the detailed list several hours later," adding, "It was a list arbitrarily prepared without the court's judgment and unrelated to the search warrant."

The senior Blue House official added, "When the prosecution requests a warrant, the court makes a judgment, and when we asked whether the detailed list had been judged by the court, we confirmed from the prosecution that it was not so."

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

The senior Blue House official said, "Executing a search and seizure with a detailed list arbitrarily prepared regardless of the court's judgment is illegal in itself," and added, "We could not cooperate with the illegal investigation. We urge the prosecution to comply with proper procedures in the future."

Earlier, the prosecution conducted a search and seizure of the Secretary for Local Autonomy Development's office, but the Blue House pointed out it could not provide materials because the seizure targets were not specified, calling it a "show investigation." The prosecution countered that it requested a detailed list. The Blue House rebutted again that the list was arbitrarily prepared by the prosecution.

A senior Blue House official explained, "Usually, when conducting such a search and seizure, even if it is one person, the scope can be identified without specifying exactly which documents, but in the warrant presented by the prosecution this time, 18 victims were specified," adding, "Among the 18, they did not specify 'about whom' or 'about which case,' so how can they ask for all those materials? We tried to cooperate but could not."

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