Choo Mi-ae Targets Yoon Seok-yeol's Special Activity Funds Again... "Only the Petty Cash Amounts to 5 Billion Won"

Minister of Justice Choo Mi-ae and Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-youl (right) [Image source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Seongpil Cho] On the 16th, Justice Minister Choo Mi-ae stated, "The amount that serves as the Prosecutor General's petty cash reaches 5 billion won." This was another shot at Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol regarding the Supreme Prosecutors' Office's special activity funds.

At the National Assembly Judiciary Committee plenary session that day, in response to a question from Jang Je-won, a member of the People Power Party, Minister Choo said, "It is being used too arbitrarily and has never been reported to the Ministry of Justice." She added, "We need to reveal the actual situation where about half of the 9.4 billion won in special activity funds sent down is being used like the Prosecutor General's petty cash... We are currently checking whether any part was used arbitrarily, and after the inspection, we must find a reasonable solution."

When asked whether the minister directly overseeing the special activity funds might be perceived as directing investigations, she replied, "I have no intention of doing so," and added, "Democratic control over the budget must be exercised." Minister Choo had previously stated at the Judiciary Committee plenary session on the 5th that "the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office has recently faced difficulties because the Supreme Prosecutors' Office has not provided special activity funds." On the 6th, she also instructed the Supreme Prosecutors' Office's Inspection Department to promptly investigate and report on the allocation and execution of the Prosecutor General's special activity funds.

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