"Citizens' Feelings Are Understandable"... Cho Kuk Requests Removal of 'Cho Kuk's Time' Banner in Front of Training Institute

Former Minister of Justice Cho Kuk shared a photo of a banner related to his memoir hanging in the Daegu area on Facebook on the 7th. Photo by Former Minister Cho's Facebook capture.

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Hyun-joo] Former Minister of Justice Cho Kuk recently requested the removal of the "Cho Kuk's Time" banners hung near the Judicial Research and Training Institute and the Judicial Training Institute, saying, "It would be better not to engage in actions that appear to mock someone going through a difficult situation."

On the 7th, Cho posted on his Facebook, "I saw reports that the 'Cho Kuk's Time' banners were hung in front of the Judicial Research and Training Institute and the Judicial Training Institute," adding, "I can guess the feelings of the citizens, but I would appreciate it if they could be taken down."

The Judicial Research and Training Institute and the Judicial Training Institute are known as the "graveyard of the Yoon Seok-yeol line," as many prosecutors close to former Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol were appointed there. Since these positions are not involved in investigations, it is interpreted as effectively a demotion. Prosecutor General Han Dong-hoon, who led the investigation related to Cho Kuk, was also transferred from a research fellow at the Judicial Research and Training Institute to the deputy director of the Judicial Training Institute.

A post by former Minister of Justice Cho Kuk on Facebook on the 7th. Photo by former Minister Cho's Facebook capture.

The banner mentioned by former Minister Cho bore the phrase, "The prosecution's atrocities, revealing the truth. Cho Kuk's Time." "Cho Kuk's Time" is the title of the memoir published by Cho on the 31st of last month. It is known that these banners have been hung nationwide since the announcement of the high-ranking prosecution personnel reshuffle earlier this month.

On the same day, Cho also posted a photo of a banner hung in the Daegu area, expressing, "Thank you to the citizens of Daegu."

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