Prosecutors' Office to Begin Investigation into Prosecutor Lee Gyuwon Case Starting April

[Asia Economy Reporter Baek Kyunghwan] The High-ranking Officials' Crime Investigation Agency (Gong-su-cheo) is reportedly already investigating Prosecutor Lee Gyuwon, who was part of the Past Affairs Investigation Team at the Supreme Prosecutors' Office, on suspicion of falsifying the 'Yoon Joongcheon Interview Report.' This is Gong-su-cheo's first case involving a prosecutor.

According to the legal community on the 18th, Gong-su-cheo's Investigation Division 3 (Chief Prosecutor Choi Seokgyu) assigned a case number at the end of last month and began investigating the case involving Prosecutor Lee, which was handed over from the prosecution.

Prosecutor Lee is accused of falsifying official documents by writing a false interview report after meeting Yoon Joongcheon, a key figure in the allegations of sexual favors at the villa of former Ministry of Justice Vice Minister Kim Hak-ui, while working in 2019 at the Supreme Prosecutors' Office's Truth Investigation Team, a working group of the Ministry of Justice's Past Affairs Committee. He is also suspected of leaking this information to the media (disclosure of investigation facts).

However, Gong-su-cheo has not yet summoned Prosecutor Lee or initiated any compulsory investigation.

Meanwhile, the Criminal Division 1 of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office (Chief Prosecutor Byun Pilgeon) notified Gong-su-cheo in March after recognizing Prosecutor Lee's alleged high-ranking official crimes under the Gong-su-cheo Act during the investigation of a defamation case filed by People Power Party lawmaker Kwak Sangdo and former Daegu High Prosecutors' Office Chief Prosecutor Yoon Gapgeun against Prosecutor Lee.

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