Yoon Seok-yeol, Prosecutor General, Receives Report on 'Channel A Case' Investigation and Orders Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office to Investigate... Transfers Southern District Prosecutors' Office Case as Well

Yoon Seok-yeol, Prosecutor General / Photo by Hyunmin Kim kimhyun81@

[Asia Economy Reporter Choi Seok-jin] Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol has ordered the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office to investigate allegations of collusion between a Channel A reporter and the prosecution, as reported by MBC.

According to the Supreme Prosecutors' Office on the 17th, Prosecutor General Yoon issued this order after receiving an interim report on the fact-finding investigation from Lee Su-kwon, head of the Human Rights Division at the Supreme Prosecutors' Office.

A Supreme Prosecutors' Office official stated, "Prosecutor General Yoon received an interim report on the fact-finding investigation related to Channel A's coverage and MBC's report from the head of the Human Rights Division. He then instructed that the defamation complaint filed with the Seoul Southern District Prosecutors' Office be transferred to the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office, where the Channel A-related accusation was filed, so that the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office can conduct an in-depth investigation into possible human rights violations and illegal acts involving media personnel and unidentified prosecution officials."

He added, "The Supreme Prosecutors' Office plans to promptly forward the final report of the Human Rights Division's fact-finding investigation to the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office once the investigation is completed."

Currently, the Criminal Division 1 of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office (Chief Prosecutor Jeong Jin-ung) is conducting an investigation into a case in which the Citizens' Coalition for Democratic Media (MinEonRyeon) filed a complaint accusing Channel A reporter Lee Dong-jae and an unidentified prosecutor, who appeared in the MBC report, of intimidation.

On the 31st of last month, MBC reported that a Channel A legal team reporter approached the camp of former Value Investment CEO Lee Cheol, who is imprisoned in connection with the SillaJen case, demanding information about the misconduct of Yoon Si-min, director of the Roh Moo-hyun Foundation. The report also stated that during this process, the reporter boasted of his connections by playing a phone call with a chief prosecutor known to be a close aide of Prosecutor General Yoon.

However, immediately after the report, the chief prosecutor denied being the prosecutor featured in the recording.

The Ministry of Justice, after receiving this internal investigation report from the Supreme Prosecutors' Office, also ordered a supplementary investigation.

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