Yoon Seok-yeol Disciplinary Committee Clashes Over Hearing Date... Declares Recess

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[Asia Economy Reporter Choi Seok-jin] Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol's side and the Ministry of Justice's Prosecutor Disciplinary Committee clashed over whether to continue the deliberation date.

The Disciplinary Committee began the second review at 10:34 a.m. on the 15th and continued witness questioning until 7:30 p.m. that evening.

Starting with Son Joon-sung, head of investigation information at the Supreme Prosecutors' Office, in the morning, witness questioning was conducted in the afternoon for Park Young-jin, chief prosecutor of Ulsan District Prosecutors' Office; Ryu Hyuk, inspector at the Ministry of Justice; Lee Jung-hwa, prosecutor at Daejeon District Prosecutors' Office; and Han Dong-soo, head of inspection at the Supreme Prosecutors' Office.

After the witness questioning, Prosecutor General Yoon's side requested the Disciplinary Committee to continue the deliberation date to review new evidence and prepare a rebuttal to the opinion letter submitted by Shim Jae-cheol, director of the Ministry of Justice's Prosecutor Department.

However, while discussing the designation of a continuation date with Yoon's side, the Disciplinary Committee suddenly changed its stance and announced it would conclude the deliberation that day, demanding that Yoon's side immediately make their final statement, according to Yoon's side. They said the committee offered one hour for preparation and requested the final statement be made one hour later.

Yoon's side objected, saying "such a demand is unreasonable and practically impossible," but when Acting Chairman Jeong Han-jung insisted on concluding the deliberation that day, Yoon's side refused to make the final statement and left the meeting room.

The Disciplinary Committee recessed around 7:50 p.m. that day.

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