Prosecutors Dismiss Case Where Prosecutor Im Eun-jeong Accused Prosecutorial Executive

[Asia Economy Reporter Bae Kyunghwan] The prosecution has dismissed the case in which Ulsan District Prosecutor Im Eun-jeong accused former and current prosecution officials involved in the forgery of a complaint at the Busan District Prosecutor's Office.

According to the legal community on the 2nd, the Criminal Division 3 of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office (Chief Prosecutor Yoon Jin-yong) concluded no charges in the case where Chief Prosecutor Im accused four people, including former Prosecutor General Kim Su-nam, of dereliction of duty.

Chief Prosecutor Im had filed a complaint with the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency in April last year against former Prosecutor General Kim, former Deputy Prosecutor General Kim Joo-hyun, then Busan High Prosecutor Hwang Cheol-gyu, and then Cheongju District Prosecutor Cho Gi-ryong.

Chief Prosecutor Im claimed that in 2016, Prosecutor Yoon from the Busan District Prosecutor's Office forged a complaint submitted by a civil petitioner during the case handling process, but former Prosecutor General Kim and others covered it up without any disciplinary action, merely accepting Prosecutor Yoon's resignation.

The police, who summoned Chief Prosecutor Im as a complainant for investigation, applied for search warrants three times against the Busan District Prosecutor's Office, where the allegations arose, but all were dismissed at the prosecution stage.

Accordingly, the police stated in April, "We conducted investigations in various ways to secure inspection and investigation records of the complaint forgery case, but since the warrants were continuously dismissed, there was no effective way to secure the evidence," and forwarded the case to the prosecution with a recommendation for non-prosecution.

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