Handongsoo: "Han Myeongsuk's Meeting Results Reported in 10 Minutes... Embarrassing and Regrettable"

Handongsoo, Director of the Prosecutor's Office at the Supreme Prosecutors' Office
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[Asia Economy Reporter Seongpil Cho] Han Dongsu, head of the Inspection Department at the Supreme Prosecutors' Office, said on the 20th that he felt "embarrassed and regretful" about the results of the expanded meeting of the Supreme Prosecutors' Office chiefs and high prosecutors being reported through the media.

Han posted on his Facebook page that morning, stating, "I found out that just 10 minutes after the meeting ended, despite the regulation that the meeting was confidential, the content and results were reported exclusively by a specific media outlet," expressing his feelings. Han said, "As the director of the Inspection Bureau, seeing that laws and regulations were not being followed at a meeting of high-ranking prosecutors including high prosecutors, I felt embarrassed and regretful about whether I could tell frontline prosecutors who sincerely abide by ethical regulations and the public that fairness and justice are the foundation of prosecutorial duties."

Han's post is interpreted as expressing his thoughts after the attempt to indict the alleged witness tampering in the investigation team of former Prime Minister Han Myeong-sook, which he had been leading together with Lim Eun-jeong, the Inspection Policy Research Officer (chief prosecutor) at the Supreme Prosecutors' Office, was blocked at the expanded meeting the day before. At the expanded meeting of the Supreme Prosecutors' Office chiefs and high prosecutors held the previous day, it is known that out of 14 attendees, more than half, 10, expressed opinions against prosecution, 2 abstained, and only 2 supported prosecution.

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