Prosecutors Dismiss Case Against Kim Myung-soo for Unauthorized Access to Judge's PC

Chief Justice Kim Myung-soo / Photo by Moon Ho-nam munonam@

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Daehyun] The prosecution dismissed the case in which Chief Justice Kim Myung-soo was accused of unauthorized access and copying of the Court Administration Office's computer without judges' consent during the investigation of the 'Judiciary Blacklist' allegations.

According to the legal community on the 19th, in October last year, the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office dismissed the case filed in January 2018 by then Liberty Korea Party lawmaker Joo Kwang-deok, who accused Chief Justice Kim of abuse of power and other charges.

Lawmaker Joo's side claimed that in 2017, the Court's Additional Investigation Committee investigating the judiciary blacklist allegations accessed and copied the hard disk of the Court Administration Office's computer without the consent of the judge user.

The prosecution judged that the suspicion that the Additional Investigation Committee received the hard disk without user consent for investigation was indeed true.

However, it was reported that the prosecution decided not to indict, stating that "the hard disk originally belongs to the Republic of Korea and was provided for official duties, and the materials inside were also created for official purposes," thus finding no problem.

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