Justice Minister Choo Mi-ae Omits Transfer Report for 'Personnel Appointment Prosecutors' Due to National Schedule

Minister of Justice Choo Mi-ae is wearing glasses at the Cabinet meeting held at the Government Seoul Office on the 28th. Photo by Moon Ho-nam munonam@

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Hyung-min] Minister of Justice Choo Mi-ae will not accept transfer notifications from deputy prosecutors of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office who are relocating due to government-related schedules.

According to the legal community on the 31st, Minister Choo was supposed to receive transfer notifications from mid-level prosecutors who were reassigned following the personnel reshuffle on the 23rd, but she decided to omit this step. The Ministry of Justice reportedly communicated this decision to the frontline prosecution offices as well.

Particularly, attention was focused on Minister Choo's decision not to accept notifications from the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd deputy prosecutors of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office, who had been transferred to provincial offices after conducting investigations targeting the administration. According to the prescribed procedure, these prosecutors were supposed to report their transfer to Lee Sung-yoon, Chief Prosecutor of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office, at 10 a.m., then to Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-youl at 11 a.m., and finally to Minister Choo.

Regarding the omission of the notification, the Ministry of Justice explained, "Minister Choo has an important government-related schedule today that she cannot decide independently, so the notification was omitted."

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