Prosecutors Indict Former Prosecutor-Turned-Lawyer for Leaking Investigation Records Without Detention

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[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Hyung-min] A former prosecutor turned lawyer who leaked investigation records he had written during his time as a prosecutor has been brought to trial.

According to the legal community on the 6th, the Criminal Division 1 of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office (Chief Prosecutor Jeong Jin-ung) recently indicted lawyer Kim on charges of violating the Personal Information Protection Act without detention.

Kim is accused of handing over investigation records, including a detention warrant opinion written during his investigation of Pastor A on fraud charges while working at the Jeonju District Prosecutors' Office in 2014, to a fellow lawyer after his resignation the following year.

The suspicion of leaking Pastor A's investigation records arose when victim B attached these records during additional accusations of embezzlement against A at the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office and an appeal to the Seoul High Prosecutors' Office.

It is reported that B received the past investigation records from Kim's colleague after signing a written pledge stating "not to leak externally."

The detention warrant opinion handed to B reportedly contained statements from investigation subjects and account information. Considering that these investigation records had been disclosed in past trials involving A, the prosecution did not apply charges of official secret leakage.

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