Court Orders Disclosure of Lee Tan-hee's Testimony to Supreme Court Truth Investigation Committee

Lee Tan-hee, a member of the Democratic Party of Korea, is attending and speaking at the National Assembly's Education Committee's audit of the Ministry of Education held at the National Assembly on the 1st. Photo by Yoon Dong-joo doso7@

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Hyung-min] Lee Tan-hee, a member of the Democratic Party who raised suspicions of 'abuse of judicial administrative power' during his time as a judge, won the first trial in a lawsuit against the Court Administration Office demanding the disclosure of his past testimony given to the Supreme Court Fact-Finding Committee.

According to the legal community on the 22nd, the Administrative Division 2 of the Seoul Administrative Court (Presiding Judge Lee Jung-min) ruled in favor of Lee in the lawsuit he filed against the head of the Court Administration Office, demanding "the cancellation of the disposition refusing information disclosure."

Lee requested information disclosure last December, demanding the release of the testimony records, transcripts, and recordings of the two investigations he underwent at the Supreme Court Fact-Finding Committee in March and April 2017.

The Court Administration Office notified that Lee's testimony records and related materials pertain to audit matters, and their disclosure could significantly hinder the fair execution of duties and potentially infringe on privacy or freedom, thus classifying them as non-disclosable.

However, the court that reviewed the administrative lawsuit filed by Lee ruled, "The information requested for disclosure by the plaintiff does not fall under the non-disclosable information category under the Information Disclosure Act," and ordered the cancellation of the Court Administration Office's disposition.

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