Democratic Party's Continued Pressure on Yoon Seok-yeol... Calls for "Dismissal"

Assemblyman Kim Du-kwan: "Disciplinary Committee Must Be Held According to Law and Principles to Dismiss Yoon"
Legal Spokesperson Kim Han-gyu on 'Judge Surveillance' Allegations: "Violation of Personal Information Protection Act and Abuse of Authority"

[Asia Economy Reporter Jeon Jinyoung] The Democratic Party of Korea continued its criticism of Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol on the 29th. There were also strong voices demanding his dismissal.

Representative Kim Doo-kwan strongly criticized on Facebook in the afternoon, saying, "Prosecutor General Yoon has given up on being the nation's prosecutor and a prosecutor for democracy," and "The era of the prosecution republic must end with Yoon Seok-yeol's departure."

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Kim said, "Prosecutor General Yoon had a 'Jeon Du-hwan-level idea' of surveilling judges when no crimes were found even after digging into cases targeting the president, such as the former Minister of Justice Cho Kuk case and the Ulsan city special investigation case," and emphasized, "A disciplinary committee should be held according to law and principles to dismiss him."

He added, "The Ministry of Justice's inspection and suspension from duty are only natural," and "Naturally, I support Minister of Justice Choo Mi-ae together with the people."

Representative Hwang Unha also sharpened his words on Facebook the same day, saying, "The tedious era of the prosecution must come to an end with Prosecutor General Yoon's departure," and "Removing him is not the goal of prosecution reform, but once this major obstacle is removed, prosecution reform will overcome its final hurdle."

Hwang said, "Prosecutor General Yoon provoked by defying the president's personnel authority and attempted to interfere in the general election by fabricating the 'Ulsan case' ahead of the election," and "Nevertheless, he became a presidential candidate under the protection and glorification of the opposition party and conservative media. Now, the prosecution must undergo a large-scale surgery at the level of disbandment to end this abnormal situation."

Legal spokesperson Kim Han-gyu pointed out the suspicion of 'judge surveillance' by Prosecutor General Yoon in the afternoon, saying, "Investigating, collecting, recording, and disclosing personal information and reputations of individual judges to other departments is a violation of the Personal Information Protection Act," and "Ordering prosecutors in charge of investigation information, unrelated to prosecution maintenance, to prepare such illegal documents also constitutes abuse of authority."

Spokesperson Kim stated, "If, as Prosecutor General Yoon claims, this is legally permitted and a legitimate act for maintaining prosecution, has such information collection been done in the past?" and "Will data on the tendencies of 2,872 judges continue to be collected for the purpose of prosecution maintenance? If he cannot answer 'yes' to these questions, it means he admits that his actions are illegal."

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