Son Junsung's Side Requests Exclusion of Deputy Director Yeowoon Guk from Investigation... Complaint Filed to the Corruption Investigation Office Chief

[Asia Economy Reporter Baek Kyunghwan] Son Junsung, the key suspect in the 'accusation inducement' scandal, has filed a petition requesting that Yeo Woon-guk, the Deputy Chief Prosecutor of the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO), who is the lead investigator in this case, be excluded from the investigation. Deputy Chief Yeo is currently under suspicion of 'improper contact with ruling party personnel.'

On the 17th, Son's legal counsel stated in a press release, "We have submitted a petition to Kim Jin-wook, the head of the CIO, requesting that Deputy Chief Yeo, the lead investigator, be excluded from the investigation due to recent inappropriate investigative procedures."

Son's attorney added, "It has been revealed that Deputy Chief Yeo contacted the spokesperson of the ruling party's presidential candidate's campaign team during the ongoing investigation. Despite previous controversies over collusion with the ruling party during the arrest warrant request process, it is impossible to expect Deputy Chief Yeo, who engaged in such inappropriate contact, to conduct a fair investigation."

Earlier, Deputy Chief Yeo was embroiled in controversy over alleged collusion with the ruling party after it was revealed that he had a phone call with Park Seong-jun, a member of the Democratic Party of Korea, shortly after the National Assembly audit last month. The CIO acknowledged the call but denied the initial allegations, stating that no dinner appointment was made and that the call did not contain any content that could influence the investigation.

Additionally, Son's legal team claimed, "Despite the defense counsel filing complaints with the National Human Rights Commission regarding the CIO's unfair and human rights-violating investigative procedures, the CIO ignored these complaints and conducted an illegal search and seizure at the Supreme Prosecutors' Office on the 15th, excluding the effective participation rights of the defense counsel and the suspect."

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