Court Holds Hearing on Suspension of Execution for 'Appointment of Chief of the Corruption Investigation Office'

Attorney Lee Heon, a recommendation committee member for the opposition party's candidate for the Chief of the Corruption Investigation Office, is answering reporters' questions as he attends the hearing for the suspension of the execution of the resolution to recommend the Chief candidate at the Seoul Administrative Court on the 7th.
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[Asia Economy Reporter Seongpil Cho] A hearing on the suspension of execution requested by the opposition party, claiming there were issues in the recommendation process for the Chief of the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO), was held on the 7th.

The Seoul Administrative Court, Administrative Division 1 (Presiding Judge An Jonghwa) conducted a hearing in the afternoon on the suspension of execution case filed by opposition party CIO chief candidate recommendation committee members, lawyer Lee Heon and Professor Han Seokhun of Sungkyunkwan University Law School, against the CIO Chief Candidate Recommendation Committee. The hearing was held behind closed doors.

Suspension of execution is a court decision that halts the effect of an administrative disposition when there is an urgent need to prevent irreparable damage before the main lawsuit ruling. If the court accepts the opposition recommendation committee members' request and decides on suspension of execution, the CIO Chief Candidate Recommendation Committee's decision on the 28th of last month to select Kim Jinwook, Senior Researcher at the Constitutional Court, and Lee Geonri, Vice Chairman of the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission, as the twofold candidates for CIO Chief will temporarily lose its effect.

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