Seoul High Prosecutors' Office, Deputy Chief Prosecutor Jeong Jin-ung's Prosecution Review Committee Today... Decision on Appeal

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[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Hyung-min] On the 18th, the prosecution will decide whether to appeal the first trial verdict of Deputy Chief Prosecutor Jeong Jin-ung of the Ulsan District Prosecutors' Office, who was indicted on charges of assaulting Prosecutor Han Dong-hoon during a search and seizure operation.

The Seoul High Prosecutors' Office will hold a prosecution review committee meeting in the morning to determine whether to appeal the first trial verdict against Deputy Chief Prosecutor Jeong. Previously, the prosecution acknowledged the charge of assault by a public official against Deputy Chief Prosecutor Jeong and sentenced him to four months in prison, one year of disqualification, and a one-year suspended prison sentence.

The prosecution review committee is chaired by Deputy Chief Prosecutor Hong Jong-hee. According to the operating guidelines of the prosecution review committee, the chairperson is usually a deputy chief prosecutor, and if there is a trial division in the high prosecutors' office, the head of the trial division can serve as chairperson. The case involving Deputy Chief Prosecutor Jeong is classified as an important case, so Deputy Chief Prosecutor Hong is known to remain as the chairperson.

Seoul High Prosecutor General Lee Sung-yoon does not involve himself in the decision to appeal. He initially avoided the approval line for the case in which Deputy Chief Prosecutor Jeong was indicted. Prosecutor General Lee was the head of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office and in the command line when Deputy Chief Prosecutor Jeong was investigating Prosecutor Han's case.

Deputy Chief Prosecutor Jeong filed an appeal the day before, so the second trial will be held. Deputy Chief Prosecutor Jeong submitted the appeal, stating, "The actions at the time were official duties in accordance with the law, and there was no implied intent of assault by a public official," expressing disagreement with the first trial verdict.

Deputy Chief Prosecutor Jeong was brought to trial on charges of assault by a public official for pressing down on Prosecutor Han's body and causing injuries requiring three weeks of treatment during the seizure of Han's mobile phone SIM card at the Judicial Research and Training Institute on July 29 last year. Prosecutor Han was under investigation by the prosecution on suspicion of being involved in the attempted coercion case related to former Channel A reporter Lee Dong-jae.

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