Prosecution Assigns Seoul City's 'Lee Man-hee Accusation Case' to Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office Criminal Division 2

Jeong Gyeong-sim, wife of Justice Minister Cho Kuk and a professor at Dongyang University, was summoned privately for the fifth time by the prosecution on the 14th for investigation. The photo was taken at the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office in Seocho-gu, Seoul on the same day. Photo by Moon Ho-nam munonam@

[Asia Economy Reporter Song Seung-yoon] The Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office has assigned the case in which the Seoul Metropolitan Government filed a complaint against Lee Man-hee, the founder of Shincheonji Church of Jesus, holding him responsible for the spread of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19), to the Criminal Division 2 (Chief Prosecutor Lee Chang-soo).

According to the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office on the 2nd, the prosecution assigned the case, in which the Seoul Metropolitan Government filed complaints against Lee Man-hee and 12 branch leaders on charges including murder, injury, and violation of the Infectious Disease Control and Prevention Act, to the Criminal Division 2, a department specializing in food and medical crimes. Chief Prosecutor Lee Chang-soo of Criminal Division 2 also serves as the head of the COVID-19 response task force at the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office.

A prosecution official stated, "The investigation schedule and plans will be reviewed by the assigned department after the case allocation."

The Criminal Division 2 is also reviewing the case assigned on the 27th of last month, in which the civic group Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission filed a complaint against Lee Man-hee and others for violating the Infectious Disease Control and Prevention Act and obstruction of official duties. On the same day, Lee was also sued by the National Shincheonji Victims Solidarity (Jeonpiyeon). This case was assigned to the Criminal Division 6 of the Suwon District Prosecutors' Office (Chief Prosecutor Park Seung-dae). On the first day of the case assignment, the prosecution summoned a representative of Jeonpiyeon for a complainant investigation. They also plan to continue summoning and investigating Shincheonji-related personnel.

Additionally, the case in which the United Future Party filed a defamation complaint against Lee Man-hee was assigned to the Criminal Division 1 of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office (Chief Prosecutor Jeong Jin-ung), which specializes in human rights and defamation protection. The United Future Party submitted the complaint against Lee Man-hee on the 28th of last month, claiming that "Lee Man-hee's false statement that he named the Saenuri Party itself damages the honor of the Saenuri Party."

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