Ministry of Justice to Hold Prosecutor Personnel Committee Meeting on 6th... Senior Prosecutor Appointments Possible Same Day

Amid conflicts surrounding allegations of collusion between the prosecution and the media, a high-ranking prosecutor personnel reshuffle is approaching. The Ministry of Justice plans to announce personnel changes for positions at the chief prosecutor level and above within this week. The photo shows the Supreme Prosecutors' Office in Seocho-gu, Seoul, on the 28th. Photo by Moon Honam munonam@

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Hyung-min] The Prosecutor Personnel Committee, which will discuss the legitimacy of the high-ranking prosecutor personnel changes that the Ministry of Justice plans to implement, will be held on the 6th. The personnel changes are expected to be announced as early as that day.

According to the legal community on the 4th, the Ministry of Justice will hold the Prosecutor Personnel Committee at the Government Complex Gwacheon on the 6th to discuss promotions and transfers of high-ranking prosecutors, and plans to announce the personnel changes as early as the afternoon of the same day.

This Personnel Committee meeting is being held one week after it was initially scheduled for the 30th of last month but canceled a day before.

Prosecutors from the 27th to 28th Judicial Research and Training Institute classes are expected to be promoted in this personnel change.

Currently, among those at the chief prosecutor level or higher, 11 positions are vacant, including the Seoul and Busan High Prosecutors' Offices Chiefs, Seoul Southern District Prosecutor's Office Chief, Incheon District Prosecutor's Office Chief, the Human Rights Department Chief of the Supreme Prosecutors' Office, Deputy Chiefs of the Seoul, Daejeon, Daegu, Gwangju, and Busan High Prosecutors' Offices, and the Planning Department Chief of the Judicial Research and Training Institute. There is also a possibility that 2 to 3 deputy chief prosecutor positions at the chief prosecutor level will remain vacant.

The Ministry of Justice plans to carry out mid-level personnel changes within this month after completing the appointments at the chief prosecutor level or higher.

In the previous personnel changes in January, prosecutors from the 26th (3 people) and 27th (2 people) classes of the Judicial Research and Training Institute were promoted to chief prosecutors.

The Prosecutor Personnel Committee consists of 11 members. Lawyer Lee Chang-jae, who previously served as the Deputy Minister of Justice, is the chairman. The committee includes three prosecutors, two judges, two lawyers, two law professors, and two external members. The two judges only attend when new appointments are made.

Meanwhile, it has been reported that Minister of Justice Choo Mi-ae has not yet heard the opinion of Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-youl regarding this personnel change.

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