Minister of Justice Park Beom-gye: "Investigation Needed into the Connection Between Yoon's Mother-in-law Response Document and Red Team Report"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Hyung-min] On the 14th, Park Beom-gye, Minister of Justice, said regarding the so-called 'Prosecutor General's Mother-in-law Case Response Document' disclosed through the media, "We need to investigate the connection with the 'Red Team Report' mentioned by Lee Jung-hyun, Head of the Public Investigation Division at the Supreme Prosecutors' Office."

Minister Park met with reporters that day and said, "The Yoon camp (former Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol) acknowledges the existence and source of such a document but claims they neither ordered nor received reports on it," adding, "They compared it to reference materials prepared for the confirmation hearing, but that seems inappropriate."

The Red Team Report is an internal report prepared by the Criminal Division 1 of the Supreme Prosecutors' Office regarding the Channel A incident that surfaced in March last year. This report was mentioned during the disciplinary review process of former Prosecutor General Yoon.

When asked whether the Supreme Prosecutors' Office would formally convert the investigation into the allegations of complaint instigation into an official inspection, Minister Park said, "Whether it is converted to an inspection or remains in the current form, if it is not an investigation, there seems to be little difference."

Regarding whether the Supreme Prosecutors' Office Inspection Department is investigating not only Son Jun-sung, former Director of Investigation Information Policy at the Supreme Prosecutors' Office (currently Human Rights Protection Officer at Daegu High Prosecutors' Office), but also the entire Investigation Policy Office, he said, "I think it should be seen that way."

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