Prosecutors Seize Cell Phones of Channel A Social Affairs Chief and Others Over 'Prosecutor-Reporter Collusion' Allegations

The Channel A building located in Jongno-gu, Seoul. (Photo by Yonhap News)

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Seung-jin] The prosecution investigating the 'media-prosecution collusion suspicion' involving a Channel A reporter and a current high-ranking prosecution official has seized the mobile phones of three Channel A reporters.

The Criminal Division 1 of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office (Chief Prosecutor Jeong Jin-ung) executed search warrants on the mobile phones of Channel A reporter Lee Mo, who is the key figure in the suspicion, legal affairs team leader Bae Mo, and social affairs chief Hong Mo on the 2nd.

The prosecution is reportedly planning to verify how reporter Lee reported the investigation plans and progress internally while covering the SillaJen suspicion against Lee Cheol (55, currently incarcerated), former CEO of Value Invest Korea (VIK), and whether he mentioned phone conversations with the current chief prosecutor, who is the core figure in the suspicion.

Reporter Lee had already submitted two mobile phones during Channel A's internal fact-finding process. The prosecution received these phones from the company on the 14th of last month and is currently analyzing them.

On this day, it is reported that the prosecution seized another mobile phone used by reporter Lee after the media-prosecution collusion suspicion surfaced.

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