Choo Mi-ae Submits Withdrawal of Appeal for 'Yoon Seok-yeol's Job Suspension Injunction' to Court

Minister of Justice Choo Mi-ae and Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-youl (right)
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[Asia Economy Reporter Seongpil Cho] On the 31st, Justice Minister Choo Mi-ae withdrew the immediate appeal she had filed in response to the court's decision to suspend the effectiveness of Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol's removal from duty.

According to the court, Lee Ok-hyung, the legal representative of Minister Choo, submitted a withdrawal of appeal to the Seoul High Court Administrative Division 6 (Presiding Judges Lee Chang-hyung, Choi Han-soon, Hong Ki-man), which was in charge of the immediate appeal, on the same day. Accordingly, the hearing scheduled for the 5th of next month is unlikely to be held.

Earlier, on the 24th of last month, Minister Choo excluded Prosecutor General Yoon from duty and requested disciplinary action, stating that the investigation revealed charges against Yoon, including the 'court analysis document.' Yoon applied for a suspension of execution, claiming the charges were untrue, and the Seoul Administrative Court accepted this, suspending the effectiveness of the removal from duty on the 1st of this month.

Although Yoon subsequently received a two-month suspension as a disciplinary measure, the Seoul Administrative Court again accepted Yoon's application and decided to suspend the execution of the disciplinary action. The main administrative lawsuit concerning the removal from duty and disciplinary action is currently underway in the first trial.

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