Allegation of 'Targeted Audit by Cho Hee-yeon' in Choi Jae-hyung's Accusation Case Assigned to Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office

Choi Jae-hyung, Former Chairman of the Board of Audit and Inspection / Photo by National Assembly Press Photographers

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Daehyun] The case involving former Board of Audit and Inspection Chairman Choi Jae-hyung, who was accused of conducting a targeted audit against former Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education Superintendent Cho Hee-yeon, has been assigned to the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office.

According to the legal community on the 12th, the Supreme Prosecutors' Office transferred the case of former Chairman Choi, which was received last month from the High-ranking Officials' Crime Investigation Division (Gong-su-cheo), to the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office. This case was assigned to the Economic Crime Criminal Division of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office.

Earlier, the Citizens' Action for Judicial Justice (Sasaehaeng) filed a complaint with Gong-su-cheo at the end of June, alleging that former Chairman Choi led the audit with a strict standard regarding the special hiring suspicions of dismissed teachers from the Korean Teachers and Education Workers Union (Jeon-gyo-jo) under Superintendent Cho. Gong-su-cheo transferred this case to the Supreme Prosecutors' Office last month.

Gong-su-cheo also transferred to the Supreme Prosecutors' Office the case in which Sasaehaeng accused former Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol of concealing the Lime liquor entertainment incident.

Meanwhile, Sasaehaeng filed a complaint against Gong-su-cheo Chief Kim Jin-wook and others for dereliction of duty, accusing them of passing the case to the prosecution without investigation. The case involving Chief Kim and others was also assigned to the Economic Crime Criminal Division of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office.

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