Seong-Yoon Lee Retained as Chief Prosecutor of Seoul Central District... Jae-Cheol Shim Appointed as Chief of Southern District Prosecutors' Office
[Asia Economy Reporter Baek Kyunghwan] The Ministry of Justice has carried out a personnel reshuffle of senior prosecutors. This is the first prosecutorial personnel change since Minister Park Beom-gye began his term.
On the 7th, the Ministry of Justice announced that it would implement a transfer of four prosecutors at the level of senior prosecutors of the Supreme Prosecutors' Office, effective from the 9th.
First, Lee Seong-yoon, the chief prosecutor of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office, whose replacement had been speculated, was retained. As the largest prosecution office in the country, Chief Lee will continue to lead investigations such as the 'alleged collusion between prosecutors and media' and the 'cases involving Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol's family and close associates.'
Shim Jae-cheol, director of the Ministry of Justice's Prosecutor's Office who led the disciplinary process clashing with Prosecutor General Yoon as a representative 'Chu Line,' has been transferred to become the chief prosecutor of the Seoul Southern District Prosecutors' Office.
Lee Jeong-soo, chief prosecutor of the Seoul Southern District Prosecutors' Office, will take over from Director Shim and assume the position of director of the Ministry of Justice's Prosecutor's Office. Additionally, Kim Ji-yong, deputy chief prosecutor of the Seoul High Prosecutors' Office, has been appointed as chief prosecutor of the Chuncheon District Prosecutors' Office.
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Furthermore, key investigation leaders such as Lee Doo-bong, chief prosecutor of the Daejeon District Prosecutors' Office, who is leading the 'Wolseong Nuclear Power Plant investigation,' and Moon Hong-seong, chief prosecutor of the Suwon District Prosecutors' Office, in charge of the 'Kim Hak-ui illegal departure ban case,' have also been retained.
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