Suwon District Prosecutors' Investigation Team "Lee Seong-yoon Proven Unrelated to Indictment Leak"

[Asia Economy Reporter Bae Kyunghwan] The Suwon District Prosecutors' Office investigation team, which investigated Seoul High Prosecutor Lee Seong-yoon in connection with the illegal exit ban allegations against former Deputy Minister of Justice Kim Hak-ui, stated that it is not related to the indictment leak case. This action was taken following a response from the Supreme Prosecutors' Office confirming that the investigation team was not involved in the indictment leak case.

On the 16th, the Suwon District Prosecutors' Office investigation team announced in a statement, "According to the official document from the Supreme Prosecutors' Office Inspection Department, it has been clearly revealed that the investigation team is not related to the indictment leak case," and said it plans to submit the official document containing this information to the High-ranking Officials' Crime Investigation Office (Gongsoocheo).

The investigation team received a reply official document from the Supreme Prosecutors' Office Inspection Department through the Suwon District Prosecutors' Office the previous day. The document reportedly included statements such as "Among about 20 prosecutors identified by the Supreme Prosecutors' Office Inspection Department as highly likely to be involved, the investigation team prosecutors are not included," and "Provision of materials to Gongsoocheo is only possible with a warrant, etc."

The investigation team said, "We plan to submit the Supreme Prosecutors' Office Inspection Department's reply document to Gongsoocheo," and added, "We will continue to respond to the illegality of Gongsoocheo's search and seizure to prevent unreasonable investigations of prosecutors from recurring."

Meanwhile, the investigation team had prosecuted Prosecutor Lee for the 'alleged cover-up of the illegal exit ban investigation against former Deputy Minister Kim Hak-ui,' but had been under investigation by Gongsoocheo over whether they leaked Prosecutor Lee's indictment.

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