Citizen Group Files Complaint with Prosecutors Over Suspected Leak of Channel A Reporter’s Warrant Request to MBC

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[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Hyung-min] A civic group has filed a complaint with the prosecution, requesting an investigation into allegations that investigation information related to Lee Dong-jae (35, in custody), a former Channel A reporter accused of 'collusion between prosecution and media,' was leaked to MBC and subsequently reported.

The Action Alliance for Establishing the Rule of Law (Beopse-ryeon) announced on the 22nd that it will file a complaint with the Supreme Prosecutors' Office against an 'unknown person' who provided MBC with the detention warrant application documents for former reporter Lee, on charges of official secret leakage.

Beopse-ryeon stated, "On the 20th, MBC Newsdesk reported that 'former reporter Lee visited Kwon Soon-jung, spokesperson for the Supreme Prosecutors' Office, to seek advice on the direction of the investigation,' but this content is not found in the recorded conversation between former reporter Lee and Prosecutor Han Dong-hoon (47, Judicial Research and Training Institute class 27), only in the warrant application," expressing suspicion of a leak.

They added, "The warrant application specifies the purpose and method of investigating the victim (Lee Cheol, former CEO of Value Invest Korea), as well as the progress so far," and noted that the content of the MBC report is almost identical to the criminal facts stated in the application, arguing that the warrant application content must have been leaked.

Furthermore, Beopse-ryeon pointed out, "If the contents of the warrant application, which only the prosecution, court, and defense counsel of the suspect should know, are disclosed through the media, distorted public opinion may form, posing a risk of obstructing a fair trial."

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