'Yoon Seok-yeol's Immediate Return to Duty' Immediate Appeal Assigned to Seoul High Court Administrative Division 6

Minister of Justice Choo Mi-ae and Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-youl (right)
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[Asia Economy Reporter Seongpil Cho] The Seoul High Court announced on the 9th that it has assigned the case in which Minister of Justice Choo Mi-ae filed an immediate appeal against the Seoul Administrative Court's suspension of execution decision that allowed Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol to return to duty, to the Administrative Division 6 (Presiding Judges Lee Chang-hyung, Choi Han-soon, Hong Ki-man).

On the 24th of last month, Minister Choo excluded Prosecutor General Yoon from duty and requested disciplinary action, stating that six allegations, including the so-called 'court surveillance,' were revealed as a result of an inspection. In response, Prosecutor General Yoon applied for suspension of execution within a day, claiming that all allegations were untrue and that he was not given an opportunity to explain his position during the inspection process. Suspension of execution is a decision to temporarily halt the execution or effect of an administrative disposition when it is recognized that irreparable damage may occur due to the disposition.

Earlier, the Administrative Division 4 of the Seoul Administrative Court (Presiding Judge Jo Mi-yeon) ruled in favor of Prosecutor General Yoon, stating that he suffered irreparable damage due to Minister Choo's order to exclude him from duty and that there was an urgent necessity to prevent it. Minister Choo filed an immediate appeal against the court's decision on the 4th of this month.

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