Im Eun-jeong Opposes 'Yoon Seok-yeol No Charges for Investigation Obstruction' Decision, Plans to File Reconsideration Request

Im Eun-jeong, Inspection Officer at the Ministry of Justice / Photo by Moon Ho-nam munonam@

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Daehyun] After Yoon Seok-yeol, the presidential candidate of the People Power Party, was cleared of charges related to allegations of 'suborning perjury' by the investigation team of former Prime Minister Han Myeong-sook, Lim Eun-jung, the Ministry of Justice's inspection officer, expressed her intention to file a retrial application in protest.

On the afternoon of the 9th, Officer Lim posted on her Facebook account, "I have already made a public interest report and recently submitted a complaint with the retrial application in mind."

She cited the Dreyfus Affair, in which French army officer Alfred Dreyfus was imprisoned and later released on charges of espionage in 1894, saying, "After reading related books, not only was the real culprit not punished, but none of those who falsely accused Dreyfus were held accountable." "At that time, the best that could be done was to clear Dreyfus's name, but now, after a century, I earnestly hope that appropriate punishment corresponding to the crime will be strictly enforced."

Officer Lim added, "As a complainant reporting crimes by the prosecution and as a member of the prosecution standing in the defendant's seat, I will calmly prepare as I have done so far."

On the same day, the High-ranking Officials' Crime Investigation Unit (PCC) decided not to prosecute Yoon and Cho Nam-gwan, head of the Judicial Research and Training Institute, who were accused by a civic group of obstructing the investigation into allegations of suborning perjury, citing insufficient evidence. This decision came 250 days after the investigation began on June 4 last year.

The case concerning allegations of suborning perjury involving witnesses in the trial of former Prime Minister Han refers to claims that the 2011 prosecution investigation team instructed inmates who appeared as witnesses in the trial to give false testimony that Han had received money. Although a reinvestigation was conducted following related revelations in April 2020, a final decision of non-prosecution was made for the inmates after an expanded meeting of the Supreme Prosecutors' Office in March last year.

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