Prosecutors' Office Pressures Yoon Seok-yeol with 'Judge Surveillance Allegations' Following 'Report Solicitation'... Additional Investigation Initiated

Sasaehaeng Reported... Assigned to Investigation Division 2

Yoon Seok-yeol, the presidential candidate of the People Power Party, attended the Supreme Council meeting held at the National Assembly on the 8th and received a lucky pouch from Lee Jun-seok, the party leader, before the meeting started, saying it would be helpful for the election. Photo by Yoon Dong-ju doso7@

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Hyung-min] The High-ranking Officials' Crime Investigation Unit (PCC) expanded its investigation front against Yoon Seok-yeol, the People Power Party's presidential candidate, on the 8th by registering him as a suspect in connection with the alleged 'Judge Surveillance Document.'

Earlier, the Citizens' Action for Judicial Justice (Sasehaeng) had filed a complaint with the PCC in June, accusing former Prosecutor General Yoon and others of illegally creating the 'Judge Surveillance Document' and obstructing related investigations.

The fact that Yoon was registered as a suspect was revealed when Sasehaeng disclosed the notification letter they received from the PCC on the same day. The case was assigned to Investigation Division 2. Sasehaeng accused six current and former prosecution officials, including former Prosecutor General Yoon, Cho Nam-gwan, Director of the Judicial Research and Training Institute (former Deputy Chief Prosecutor of the Supreme Prosecutors' Office), Cho Sang-chul, former Seoul High Prosecutor, Han Dong-hoon, former Head of the Anti-Corruption and Strong Crime Division at the Supreme Prosecutors' Office, and Sung Sang-wook, former Head of Investigation Information Division 2 at the Supreme Prosecutors' Office, of abuse of power and dereliction of duty. Among the six accused, the PCC registered only former Prosecutor General Yoon as a suspect.

Besides this case, Yoon is also under investigation by the PCC for allegations including the 'Optimus Fund fraud and inadequate investigation' and 'obstruction of investigation into former Prime Minister Han Myeong-sook's perjury coaching.'

Yoon is also targeted by the 'accusation instigation' allegation, which claims that during his tenure as Prosecutor General, he instructed the opposition party to file complaints against ruling party figures. Regarding this allegation, the PCC caused controversy by collecting the official mobile phones of spokespersons who worked with Yoon during his tenure as Prosecutor General from the Supreme Prosecutors' Office Inspection Department. The Inspection Department took these phones on a voluntary submission basis and conducted forensic analysis, and recently the PCC seized these phones and the forensic data through a search and seizure. The legal community has criticized this as a case of 'subcontracted inspection.'

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