The Corruption Investigation Office for High-Ranking Officials (CIO) Simply Transfers to Prosecution the Allegation Case of Yoon Seok-yeol's Family and Chosun Ilbo's Investigation Cover-up

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[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Hyung-min] The High-ranking Officials' Crime Investigation Unit (PCC) has transferred to the prosecution the case accusing Yoon Seok-yeol, the People Power Party's presidential candidate, of covering up the investigation into the Chosun Ilbo owner's family.

According to the Citizens' Action for Judicial Justice (Sasaehaeng) and the legal community on the 3rd, the PCC simply transferred the case, in which Sasaehaeng accused Yoon and others of covering up the investigation into the Chosun Ilbo owner's family, to the prosecution on the 28th of last month. A simple transfer is a decision to send the case to the relevant investigative agency when it is judged that the case is not subject to investigation or it is appropriate for another investigative agency to handle it.

Sasaehaeng filed a complaint against Yoon and others on June 29 of last year for abuse of authority, neglect of duty, and violation of the Improper Solicitation and Graft Act. Yoon was accused by civic groups multiple times of holding secret meetings with President Bang Sang-hoon and covering up investigations related to Chosun Ilbo during his tenure as head of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office and Prosecutor General.

Kim Han-me, the representative of Sasaehaeng, criticized the PCC's simple transfer as an "irresponsible act that disregards the purpose of the PCC's establishment."

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