Yoon Prosecutor's Side Requests Disclosure of Disciplinary Preliminary Committee Information... "Need to Verify Legality"

[Asia Economy Reporter Baek Kyunghwan] The side of Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol has filed a request for information disclosure regarding the preliminary members of the prosecutor disciplinary committee. They intend to verify whether the disciplinary committee actually selected preliminary members and when, based on the legal provision that 'three preliminary members shall be appointed,' to examine the legality.

On the 14th, Lee Wankyu, the legal representative of Prosecutor General Yoon, submitted a request to the disciplinary committee asking whether preliminary members have been appointed, and if so, to disclose the appointment dates of each preliminary member. Article 5, Paragraph 6 of the Prosecutor Disciplinary Act stipulates that preliminary members act on behalf of the chairman or members when they are unable to perform their duties. Therefore, it is necessary to confirm the appointment status and dates of the preliminary members.

Specifically, they also requested to be informed of the appointment date of the disciplinary committee chairman and the date when the chairman was designated. The request included documents that can verify whether the civilian members were appointed as 'lawyers,' 'law professors,' or 'persons with abundant knowledge and experience.'

According to Lee’s side, the chairman was not a disciplinary committee member at the time of the disciplinary request on November 24, but has been performing duties as a disciplinary committee member and chairman since an unspecified date. Therefore, it is necessary to verify this information concerning the legality of the duty performance.

They also asked to clarify whether a certain civilian member, who reportedly resigned from the disciplinary committee just before the first disciplinary committee meeting on the 10th, actually resigned or was simply absent.

Regarding the previously conducted record inspection, Lee stated, "Many of the non-disclosed records contained regulations related to media reports." However, concerning the Channel A president’s inspection, obstruction of investigation, obstruction of the Han Myeong-sook case inspection, and documents related to the court, they plan to check written statements and refute these through witness examination or opinion statements.

Meanwhile, on the same day in the morning, Prosecutor General Yoon’s side submitted an opinion letter to the disciplinary committee regarding the committee’s composition. The letter included the opinion that since Chairman Jeong Han-jung was newly appointed as a disciplinary committee member after the disciplinary request against Prosecutor General Yoon, it could be misunderstood that he was 'custom-made for this case,' and therefore, he should serve as a member from the next case, not this one. Additionally, it contained the request to utilize preliminary members to form the disciplinary committee with seven members due to vacancies caused by disciplinary committee members avoiding participation.

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