"Yoon Seok-yeol's Mother-in-law Perjury Reinvestigation Due to Omission in Judging Some Accusation Details"

Former Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol (left) and his wife Kim Kun-hee, CEO of Kobana Contents [Image source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Daehyun] The reason the Supreme Prosecutors' Office ordered a reinvestigation into the alleged false testimony obstruction case involving Choi, the mother-in-law of former Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol, is reportedly because some parts of the accusations were overlooked in the initial judgment.

According to the legal community on the 9th, the Supreme Prosecutors' Office recently instructed the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office to reinvestigate Choi's alleged false testimony obstruction case. This was because the prosecution did not make a judgment on some of the multiple allegations filed against Choi, and the intention was to review these again. It was judged that due to the large volume of claims made by the accuser, some judgments were omitted during the investigation process.

Previously, in 2003, Choi was involved in a lawsuit with businessman Jung Daetaek over approximately 5 billion won in profit from bond investments at a sports center in Songpa-gu, Seoul.

Jung claimed that based on an agreement made with Choi in the presence of judicial scrivener Baek, the profits should be split equally. However, Choi refused payment, claiming the agreement was made under coercion. Baek initially testified that Choi's statement was correct, but in the appellate trial, he changed his statement, saying he gave false testimony in exchange for compensation from Choi.

However, the court ruled in favor of Choi. Consequently, Baek Eunjong, the representative of the YouTube channel 'Seoul's Voice,' filed a complaint accusing Choi of false testimony obstruction and other charges, but the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office decided not to prosecute, and the appeal was also dismissed.

Subsequently, the Supreme Prosecutors' Office accepted part of Baek's re-appeal and ordered a reinvestigation into the parts of Choi's alleged false testimony obstruction case that were previously overlooked.

Meanwhile, this case was originally assigned to the Criminal Division 4 (Chief Prosecutor Han Gisik) of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office, but on this day, it was reassigned to the Criminal Division 5 (Chief Prosecutor Park Kyuhyung). This was due to the fact that Chief Prosecutor Han was found to have been involved in related cases, raising concerns about fairness.

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