Police Investigate Prosecutor General Kim Oh-soo's Son... 'Allegations of Irregular Hiring'

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Jung-yoon] The police conducted an accused investigation on Kim Mo (29), the son of Prosecutor General Kim Osu, regarding allegations that he was unfairly hired by a government-funded research institute.

According to the police on the 4th, the Bundang Police Station in Gyeonggi Province summoned Kim, who was accused of obstruction of business, in the capacity of an accused the day before and conducted an investigation for about 2 to 3 hours.

Kim became controversial for writing his father's occupation as "Chief Prosecutor of the Seoul Northern District Prosecutors' Office" on his application documents when he applied to the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (currently Korea Electronics Technology Institute) in August 2017. Since May 2017, the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute has only allowed applicants to write relationship, name, age, and cohabitation status in the family section of the application form.

Earlier in May, the Judicial Examination Preparation Group (Sajunmo) filed a complaint with the National Police Agency's National Investigation Headquarters through the People's Petition System, requesting punishment for Kim and those responsible for his recruitment at the time on charges of obstruction of business.

The Bundang Police Station, which was assigned the case by the National Investigation Headquarters of the National Police Agency, summoned a Sajunmo official for a complainant investigation in early last month.

A police official stated, "We plan to investigate the people who were responsible for Kim's recruitment soon."

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