Nominee for Chief of the Public Corruption Investigation Office Seok Dong-hyun: "The Public Corruption Investigation Office is a monster that should never have been born"

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Chun-han] Seok Dong-hyun, former prosecutor and the candidate for the Chief of the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO), recommended by the opposition party, stated on the 10th, "Although I accepted the opposition party's request to recommend me as the CIO chief candidate, my feelings are complicated."

On the same day, Seok said on Facebook, "Some people ask why I accepted when there is no possibility of being finally appointed, but I am not unaware of that, and that is not the reason for my complicated feelings."

Seok added, "Personally, I see the CIO as a monstrous institution that should never have been born, but the root cause was that the opposition party at the time was powerless to block the establishment of the CIO by the National Assembly last year."

Seok said, "Since it will realistically exist until the law is amended and abolished, I accepted with the mindset that we must somehow prevent the CIO from becoming a monster."

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