Prosecutors Conduct Search and Seizure at Supreme Prosecutors' Office and Central District Prosecutors' Office... Records Secured on 'Kim Hak-eui Case Allegations'

[Asia Economy Reporter Bae Kyunghwan] The prosecution, investigating the legality of the handling process of the 'Kim Hak-ui case,' conducted a search and seizure at the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office and the Supreme Prosecutors' Office.

According to the legal community on the 26th, the Criminal Division 1 of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office (Chief Prosecutor Byun Pilgeon) carried out a search and seizure at the Supreme Prosecutors' Office Forensic Center and the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office Records Management Department over two days starting from the 24th.

This search and seizure was conducted to verify how the investigation of former Vice Minister Kim was carried out and under what circumstances the interview report of construction businessman Yoon Joongcheon, who was suspected of providing sexual favors to former Vice Minister Kim, was created and leaked externally. The prosecution secured records of the fact-finding investigation team on the former Vice Minister Kim case from the Supreme Prosecutors' Office Forensic Center.

In particular, after the 'Burning Sun' scandal erupted, clues were detected that Senior Superintendent Yoon Gyu-geun and Lee Kwangcheol, the Blue House Civil Affairs Secretary, attempted to highlight the former Vice Minister Kim case, and related materials were reportedly secured.

Previously, Gwak Sangdo, a member of the People Power Party, claimed a 'planned investigation' based on messages exchanged between Lee Kwangcheol, Senior Administrative Officer at the Blue House, and Senior Superintendent Yoon. On March 14, 2019, when Min Gapryong, then Commissioner of the National Police Agency, stated at the National Assembly that "the man in the villa video is indeed Kim Hak-ui," Lee sent messages to Yoon such as "We should have been tougher," and "We should have created a confrontation with the prosecution earlier."

Meanwhile, the prosecution is accelerating the investigation into the former Vice Minister Kim case, including summoning Professor Jeong Hanjung of Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, who served as acting chairman of the Ministry of Justice's Past Affairs Committee (Past Affairs Committee), as a suspect for questioning on the 23rd and 24th.

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