Yoon Seok-yeol Appeals Dismissal of Lawsuit to Revoke Prosecutor General Suspension

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[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Hyung-min] Yoon Seok-yeol, the presidential candidate of the People Power Party, appealed a court ruling that dismissed his request to cancel the suspension order he received from the Ministry of Justice while serving as Prosecutor General.

According to the legal community on the 19th, Yoon's side filed an appeal on the 17th with the Administrative Division 4 of the Seoul Administrative Court (Chief Judge Han Won-kyo).

Last December, while serving as Prosecutor General, Yoon was suspended from duty by the Ministry of Justice and subsequently received a two-month suspension decided by the disciplinary committee. The disciplinary committee imposed the penalty citing reasons such as the creation and distribution of documents alleging surveillance of key case trial courts by the Investigation and Policy Office of the Supreme Prosecutors' Office, obstruction of inspection and investigation of the Channel A case, and violation of political neutrality as a prosecutor.

In response, Yoon filed an administrative lawsuit claiming that the suspension and disciplinary actions did not follow proper procedures and that the reasons for the discipline were factually incorrect and thus unjust.

The lawsuit seeking to cancel the two-month suspension was ruled against the plaintiff in October and is pending appeal. The lawsuit to cancel the suspension order was dismissed without substantive judgment on the 10th due to failure to meet the requirements for litigation.

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