Prosecutor Neglecting Inmate's External Call... Ministry of Justice Issues Reprimand Disciplinary Action

[Asia Economy Reporter Baek Kyunghwan] A current chief prosecutor was disciplined for allowing an inmate to make phone calls with an outsider from the prosecutor's office.

According to the Ministry of Justice on the 13th, Chief Prosecutor Kim of Daegu District Prosecutors' Office was reprimanded for damaging dignity by neglecting to prevent an inmate from making several private phone calls with an external acquaintance in the prosecutor's office during June to July 2018, and for this fact being reported in the media.

Previously, Prosecutor Kim was suspected of providing inappropriate favors to inmates, including Kim Seong-hoon, the CEO of IDS Holdings who was imprisoned in Seoul Detention Center, while serving as deputy chief prosecutor at Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office from 2016 to 2018. Kim, known as the "second Jo Hee-pal," established the multi-level marketing organization IDS Holdings and was arrested in September 2016 on charges of embezzling 1.096 trillion won from 12,070 people by luring them with high returns from 2011 to 2016.

Additionally, the Ministry of Justice imposed a three-month suspension on Prosecutor Lee of Incheon District Prosecutors' Office for verbally abusing junior prosecutors and staff, and disciplinary actions of a one-month suspension and a one-month pay cut respectively on two prosecutors who committed drunk driving or assaulted taxi drivers while intoxicated.

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