Park Beom-gye "Planning to take personnel action against Jeong Jin-ung for 'official assault' today"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Hyung-min] The Ministry of Justice will take personnel action on the 19th against Deputy Chief Prosecutor Jeong Jin-ung of the Ulsan District Prosecutors' Office, who was convicted in the first trial for assaulting Prosecutor Han Dong-hoon during a search and seizure operation.

Park Beom-gye, Minister of Justice, told reporters upon arriving at the Ministry of Justice Government Gwacheon Complex, "Personnel action is planned for today."

Deputy Chief Prosecutor Jeong was sentenced on the 12th at the Seoul Central District Court to four months in prison with a one-year probation and a one-year disqualification for assaulting Prosecutor Han. Both Deputy Chief Prosecutor Jeong and the Seoul High Prosecutors' Office, which prosecuted him, have appealed, and the case will be contested in the second trial.

Meanwhile, the legal community expects that the Ministry of Justice will exclude Deputy Chief Prosecutor Jeong from his duties and likely transfer him to a non-investigative department such as a research committee at the Judicial Research and Training Institute.

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