Yoon Seok-yeol Prepares for General Election Investigation... Alert to the Gathering of Scattered Divisions

Investigation Meeting Ahead of April 10 General Election
Park Chan-ho, Lee Doo-bong Likely to Visit Supreme Prosecutors' Office
General Election Results May Affect Government Investigations

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[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Hyung-min] The 'Yoon Seok-yeol faction,' preparing for a full-scale investigation into the general election, is regrouping. According to the prosecution on the 7th, on the 10th, chiefs of 18 district prosecutors' offices nationwide and heads of public investigation departments from 59 offices will gather at the Supreme Prosecutors' Office to hold an investigative meeting in preparation for the April 15 general election. At this meeting, they are expected to exchange opinions on investigation methods and judicial processing directions concerning election-related offenses before and after the election.

Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol will preside over the meeting and reunite with his close aides who had been scattered across the provinces. Key figures of the 'Yoon Seok-yeol faction,' including Park Chan-ho, Chief Prosecutor of Jeju District (former head of the Public Investigation Department at the Supreme Prosecutors' Office), Lee Du-bong, Chief Prosecutor of Daejeon District (former head of the Scientific Investigation Department at the Supreme Prosecutors' Office), as well as Moon Hong-seong, Chief Prosecutor of Changwon District (former head of the Human Rights Department at the Supreme Prosecutors' Office), and Noh Jeong-yeon, Chief Prosecutor of Jeonju District (former head of the Trial and Litigation Department at the Supreme Prosecutors' Office), will also visit the Supreme Prosecutors' Office after a long time.

Political and legal circles are keenly watching the upcoming general election investigation led by Prosecutor General Yoon. There is even talk that this general election is the 'Yoon Seok-yeol election.' For example, in Daejeon, where Chief Prosecutor Lee Du-bong works, Hwang Un-ha, Director of the Police Human Resources Development Institute, who is under investigation by the prosecution for alleged 'Blue House-directed investigations and election interference,' has declared his candidacy and registered as a preliminary candidate for Jung-gu.

There is also speculation that the background of Minister of Justice Choo Mi-ae's sudden visit to the Supreme Prosecutors' Office the previous morning and her meeting with Prosecutor General Yoon is related to the upcoming general election investigation. The meeting was proposed directly by Minister Choo, who had been in conflict with the prosecution over personnel issues and other matters.

The results of the general election investigation will undoubtedly affect subsequent prosecution investigations targeting the administration. Regarding the allegations of Blue House-directed investigations and election interference, the prosecution has postponed judicial processing of former Presidential Secretary Im Jong-seok and Blue House Civil Affairs Secretary Lee Kwang-cheol until after the general election. If public support is gained through the general election investigation, investigations into these individuals may also gain momentum. Prosecutor General Yoon has emphasized the importance of the general election investigation four times in official settings. At the 'First Half of the Year Prosecutor Transfer Ceremony' on the 3rd, he stressed, "As prosecutors enforcing election laws, we must concentrate our investigative capabilities and ensure thorough handling of election-related offenses."

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