The Corruption Investigation Office Conducts Search and Seizure of Prosecutor from Supreme Prosecutors' Office over 'False Report on Meeting with Yoon Joong-chun'

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Hyung-min] The High-ranking Officials' Crime Investigation Division (PCC) investigating the allegations of false reporting in Prosecutor Lee Gyuwon's interview report with Yoon Joong-chun has been revealed to have conducted a search and seizure of the office of an investigator who worked with Prosecutor Lee.

According to the legal community on the 13th, the PCC's Investigation Division 3 (Chief Prosecutor Choi Seok-gyu) conducted a search and seizure on the 8th at the office of Investigator A, an employee of the Prosecutor General's Office at the Supreme Prosecutors' Office, securing relevant materials.

Investigator A is reported to have worked on the same team as Prosecutor Lee in the Supreme Prosecutors' Office's Past Affairs Investigation Unit and was present during the interview with Mr. Yoon Joong-chun, thus being involved in the preparation of the interview report.

After the PCC's search and seizure, the Supreme Prosecutors' Office is known to have transferred Investigator A to a frontline prosecution office.

Earlier, the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office, while investigating a defamation case filed by People Power Party lawmaker Kwak Sang-do and former High Prosecutor Yoon Gap-geun against Prosecutor Lee and others, recognized allegations of high-ranking official crimes against Prosecutor Lee and transferred the case to the PCC in March.

The PCC formally registered Prosecutor Lee as a suspect in April, converting the investigation into a formal inquiry, and summoned him three times for questioning from May until early last month.

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