Beopseoryeon Files Complaint with Supreme Prosecutors' Office Against Investigation Team of Alleged Collusion Between Prosecutors and Media

The Citizens' Coalition for Economic Justice (CCEJ) filed a complaint with the Supreme Prosecutors' Office on the 3rd against the investigation team of the alleged collusion between prosecutors and media on charges including violation of the Communications Privacy Protection Act. The photo shows the Supreme Prosecutors' Office in Seocho-gu, Seoul, on the 28th of last month. Photo by Moon Honam munonam@

[Asia Economy Reporter Seongpil Jo] The Action Alliance for Establishing the Rule of Law (Beopse Ryeon) filed a complaint with the Supreme Prosecutors' Office on the 3rd against the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office Criminal Division 1 (Chief Prosecutor Jeong Jin-ung), the investigation team handling the 'prosecutor-media collusion' suspicion case, for violating the Communications Privacy Protection Act and other charges.

Beopse Ryeon stated, "The investigation team seized Prosecutor Han Dong-hoon's mobile phone USIM card, assigned a new password, and accessed his KakaoTalk account, which clearly constitutes wiretapping and should have been executed with a wiretapping warrant," adding, "The investigation team's actions were an extremely illegal search and seizure."

Beopse Ryeon also criticized, "The recent search and seizure, carried out while ignoring the prosecution investigation review committee's recommendation to suspend the investigation and non-prosecution opinion, makes it hard to distinguish whether this is an investigation by the Korean prosecution or a private detective's background check," expressing, "We cannot hide our disappointment and criticism toward the investigation team."

They further stated, "We strongly urge a thorough investigation into the accused's criminal acts and severe punishment to restore the prosecution's trust."

Earlier, the investigation team obtained a search warrant from the court on the 23rd of last month for Prosecutor Han's mobile phone and executed it on the 29th of the same month.

Beopse Ryeon claimed that during the process of seizing the mobile phone USIM card and attempting to log into KakaoTalk, the investigation team went through authentication to receive a new password, which allowed them to view messages sent in KakaoTalk chat rooms that Prosecutor Han usually kept open.

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