Prosecutors' Top Officials Resign... Oh In-seo, Suwon High Prosecutor General, and Go Heung, Incheon District Prosecutor, Express Intent to Step Down

[Asia Economy Reporter Baek Kyunghwan] Ahead of the prosecution's senior executive personnel reshuffle, a wave of resignations among high-ranking officials has begun. Following Cho Sangcheol, the Chief Prosecutor of Seoul High Prosecutors' Office, on the 28th, Oh Inseo, Chief Prosecutor of Suwon High Prosecutors' Office, and Go Heung, Chief Prosecutor of Incheon District Prosecutors' Office, also tendered their resignations.

According to the legal community on the 31st, Chief Prosecutor Oh and Chief Prosecutor Go submitted their resignations to the Ministry of Justice on that day. Chief Prosecutor Oh stated, "I submitted my resignation to the Ministry of Justice today," adding, "I judged that it is time to step down. I wish to pay my respects to the majority of colleagues and juniors who have worked with conviction and responsibility and to step down."

Chief Prosecutor Oh oversaw the investigation into the illegal travel ban allegations involving former Deputy Minister of Justice Kim Hak-ui. There is also analysis that his resignation was a protest against the Supreme Prosecutors' Office leadership's delay in deciding whether to indict Lee Kwangcheol, then Senior Administrative Officer and now Blue House Civil Affairs Secretary.

Chief Prosecutor Go also submitted his resignation, saying, "I think it is time to leave." Go graduated from Suwon High School in Gyeonggi and Seoul National University Law School. He has served as Director of the Public Security Planning Division at the Ministry of Justice, Head of the Criminal Division 2 at Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office, Director of Crime Information Planning at the Supreme Prosecutors' Office, Deputy Chief Prosecutor of Seoul High Prosecutors' Office, and Chief Prosecutor of Ulsan District Prosecutors' Office.

In the legal community, it is expected that more resignations of senior prosecution officials will follow, as Minister of Justice Park Beomgye pointed out the "bottleneck in appointments at the level of chief prosecutors" on the 27th and announced a personnel reshuffle breaking seniority. With Chief Prosecutor Cho's resignation followed by Chief Prosecutor Oh's, the number of vacancies at the chief prosecutor level has increased to a total of three.

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