Lee Jeong-su, New Seoul Central District Prosecutor General, First Day at Work: "I Will Do My Best"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Hyung-min] Lee Jung-soo, the newly appointed Chief Prosecutor of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office (age 52, Judicial Research and Training Institute class 26), said upon his first day at work, "I will do my best together with the members of the prosecution."

On the morning of the 11th, Lee met with reporters on his way to work and said, "It is a difficult and challenging situation in many ways." He added, "I will explain in more detail at the inauguration ceremony."

When asked how he plans to handle the cases that have been under investigation for a long time, such as those in the Central District Prosecutors' Office Criminal Division 1, he replied, "I understand that there is a lot of interest. I will carefully review them and report the results later."

Regarding the prosecution organizational reform plan being discussed by the Ministry of Justice and the Supreme Prosecutors' Office, he avoided a direct answer, saying, "I understand that all opinions here (at the Central District Prosecutors' Office) have been collected. I will also work hard."

When asked if he had completed the mid-level executive personnel appointments at the Ministry of Justice's Prosecution Bureau, his previous department, he said, "I am no longer involved in personnel affairs, so it does not seem appropriate for me to comment."

Lee was transferred from the Director of the Ministry of Justice's Prosecution Bureau to the Chief Prosecutor of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office in the high-level prosecution personnel reshuffle carried out on the 4th.

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