Yoon Prosecutor's Side, "Will Request Disciplinary Committee Member List Again"

[Asia Economy Reporter Baek Kyunghwan] The legal team of Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol has decided to request the Ministry of Justice again for the list of disciplinary committee members and the disclosure of inspection records.

On the 7th, Yoon's lawyer Lee Wankyu stated in a press release sent to reporters, "We plan to request once more from the Ministry of Justice the inspection records that have not been received and the list of disciplinary committee members."

Earlier, on the 3rd, Yoon's legal team received five volumes of inspection records totaling 2,000 pages from the Ministry of Justice, which formed the basis for the disciplinary request against Prosecutor General Yoon, to ensure the right to defense at the disciplinary committee. However, it is known that most of the content consists of collected news articles, and only a small portion relates to the actual inspection investigation.

In particular, Yoon's team has also requested the disclosure of the disciplinary committee member list to determine any grounds for recusal, but the Ministry of Justice has yet to respond.

For now, Yoon's team is reported to have confirmed a recusal policy regarding Lee Yong-gu, the Deputy Minister of Justice who attends the disciplinary committee as an ex officio member. This is due to concerns about impartiality, considering that Lee recently described Yoon's team's constitutional complaint against the Prosecutor's Disciplinary Act as a "handshake" in Telegram conversations and has served as the lawyer for former Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Baek Woon-gyu in relation to the alleged economic manipulation at the Wolseong nuclear power plant.

Meanwhile, on the same day, lawyer Lee disclosed part of the book Almanac of the Federal Judiciary, which summarizes the education, career, political activities, media coverage, and reputation of U.S. federal judges, repeatedly denying allegations of judge surveillance. Lee explained, "The book contains information on over 100 federal judges and is sold to the general public," adding, "Compared to this, the contents of the Supreme Prosecutors' Office documents are minimal."

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