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[Asia Economy Reporter Baek Kyunghwan] The High-ranking Officials' Crime Investigation Unit (PCC) is set to launch a full-scale investigation into allegations of obstruction of justice in the case of former Prime Minister Han Myeong-sook's witness tampering.
According to the legal community on the 5th, the PCC's Investigation Division 3 (Chief Prosecutor Choi Seok-gyu) will summon Lim Eun-jeong, the Ministry of Justice's Inspection Officer (Chief Prosecutor), for questioning as a witness on the 8th.
The witness tampering allegations surfaced in 2011 when the Han Myeong-sook investigation team was accused of coercing inmates who appeared as trial witnesses to give false testimony that former Prime Minister Han had received money. Lim, the inspection officer, was directly in charge of investigating the witness tampering at that time. Former Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol is suspected of excluding Lim from the investigation and pushing for a non-prosecution decision when Lim investigated the witness tampering allegations against Han Myeong-sook's investigation team.
Earlier, the civic group Judicial Justice Citizens' Action (Sasehaeng) filed a complaint against former Prosecutor General Yoon with the PCC. Subsequently, the PCC registered the case under the number 'Gongje 8' in June. A joint inspection by the Ministry of Justice and the Supreme Prosecutors' Office also followed. On July 7, Minister of Justice Park Beom-gye announced the results of the joint inspection, stating that there were problems with the prosecution's investigative practices.
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Meanwhile, Lim stated on social media that morning, "Since there is nothing to hide, I said I would calmly and honestly report what I saw, heard, and experienced." She added, "Last September, when I took charge of the witness tampering allegations against former Prime Minister Han, I anticipated being suspended from duty, so I left written reports and electronic documents addressed to the Prosecutor General and Deputy Chief Prosecutor as records," and said, "I intend to explain everything in detail as it is."
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