'Do Not Disband Yoon Seok-yeol Investigation Team' Blue House Petition Reaches 130,000... Support Rises After Prosecutor Personnel Changes

Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol (from left), Deputy Chief Prosecutor Kang Nam-il, Han Dong-hoon, Head of the Anti-Corruption and Violent Crime Division, and other prosecution officials are visiting the National Cemetery to pay their respects.
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[Asia Economy Intern Reporter Kim Sung-yeol] A Blue House petition urging not to disband the investigation team of Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol has surpassed 130,000 supporters.

As of 10 a.m. on the 13th, the petition titled "Do not disband the investigation team for the three major allegations against Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol," posted on the 6th, has exceeded 130,000 supporters.

If a petition receives more than 200,000 supporters, the Blue House is required to respond officially.

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In the petition, the petitioner pointed out, "These days, the Blue House and the Ministry of Justice keep shouting about prosecutorial reform whenever they open their mouths," and asked, "What exactly are they trying to reform and how?"

They continued, "Reform means correcting what is wrong, but the prosecution these days is doing the best in history," and claimed, "The vast majority of the public absolutely supports it."

They further asserted, "Since Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol took office, things have changed. They started investigating without yielding to the living power," and added, "(The prosecution) has found its place and returned to normal. The majority of the public cheered and is actively supporting it."

Earlier, on the 8th, the Ministry of Justice made a sudden personnel reshuffle involving 32 prosecutors at the chief prosecutor level, including appointing Han Dong-hoon, head of the Anti-Corruption and Strong Crime Division at the Supreme Prosecutors' Office who led the investigation into former Minister of Justice Cho Kuk's allegations, as Deputy Chief Prosecutor of Busan High Prosecutors' Office, and Park Chan-ho, head of the Public Investigation Division who led the investigation into the alleged cover-up of Yoo Jae-soo's inspection, as Chief Prosecutor of Jeju District Prosecutors' Office.

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