Police Forward 'Im Eun-jeong Prosecutor Official Accusation Case' with Non-Prosecution Opinion... Warrant Denied Due to "Insufficient Evidence"

Lim Eun-jung, Chief Prosecutor of the Chungju Branch of the Cheongju District Prosecutors' Office, who filed a complaint against former Prosecutor General Kim Soo-nam and other current and former high-ranking prosecutors for dereliction of duty, is responding to reporters' questions as she enters the Intelligent Crime Investigation Unit of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency in Jungnang-gu, Seoul, on the morning of May 31 last year to undergo complainant investigation.
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[Asia Economy Reporter Jeong Dong-hoon] The police have forwarded the case in which Deputy Chief Prosecutor Im Eun-jeong of the Ulsan District Prosecutors' Office accused former and current prosecution officials involved in the forgery of a complaint at the Busan District Prosecutors' Office to the prosecution with a recommendation for non-prosecution.

On the 28th, the Intelligent Crime Investigation Unit of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency sent the case, in which former Prosecutor General Kim Soo-nam, former Deputy Chief Prosecutor Kim Joo-hyun, former Busan High Prosecutors' Office Chief Hwang Cheol-gyu, and former Deputy Chief Prosecutor Jo Gi-ryong of the Cheongju District Prosecutors' Office were accused by Deputy Chief Prosecutor Im of dereliction of duty, to the prosecution with a non-prosecution opinion due to insufficient evidence.

Deputy Chief Prosecutor Im filed a complaint with the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency in April last year, alleging that in 2016, Prosecutor Yoon from the Busan District Prosecutors' Office forged a complaint submitted by a civil petitioner during the case handling process, and despite this being uncovered, the matter was quietly resolved by accepting Prosecutor Yoon's resignation without any disciplinary action.

The police applied for search warrants three times against the Busan District Prosecutors' Office, where the suspicions were raised, but the prosecution dismissed all of them. As a result, the police were unable to secure the inspection and investigation records related to the complaint forgery case. A police official stated, "Based solely on the complainant's testimony and related materials, it was difficult to confirm facts that would recognize the charges, so the case was forwarded with a recommendation for non-prosecution."

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