Beopseoryeon Files Additional Complaints Against Ministry of Justice Director Sim Jae-cheol and Inspector Park Eun-jeong

The Action Alliance for Upholding the Rule of Law held a press conference on October 29 in front of the National Human Rights Commission in Jung-gu, Seoul, demanding an apology and measures to prevent recurrence regarding Minister of Justice Choo Mi-ae’s action of posting a photo of a reporter taken in front of her house on social media for the purpose of photographing the reporter on their way to work. Photo by Moon Ho-nam munonam@

[Asia Economy Reporter Jeong Dong-hoon] A civic group has additionally reported Shim Jae-cheol, Director of the Prosecutor's Office at the Ministry of Justice, and Park Eun-jung, the Inspection Officer, to the prosecution on charges of official secret leakage and abuse of authority obstructing the exercise of rights, respectively.

The Action Alliance for Establishing the Rule of Law (Beopse-ryeon) held a press conference on the 7th in front of the Seoul Western District Prosecutors' Office, stating, "Director Shim, while serving as the head of the Anti-Corruption and Violence Division at the Supreme Prosecutors' Office at the time, received documents on judges of major case trial courts and passed them on to Han Dong-su, head of the Inspection Department at the Supreme Prosecutors' Office," claiming this constitutes official secret leakage.

Regarding Officer Park, they said, "She instructed Prosecutor Lee Jeong-hwa of the Ministry of Justice Inspection Office to delete content stating that 'it is difficult to establish the crime of abuse of authority obstructing the exercise of rights against Prosecutor General Yoon,'" adding, "She abused her authority by making Prosecutor Lee perform duties not required of her."

Beopse-ryeon urged a thorough investigation, stating, "Director Shim's leaking of judge documents and Officer Park's illegal use of these documents to suspend Prosecutor General Yoon from duty are serious criminal acts."

Previously, on the 30th of last month, the group had reported Minister of Justice Choo Mi-ae, along with Director Shim and Officer Park, to the prosecution for abuse of authority obstructing the exercise of rights.

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