Former Prosecutor General Moon Moo-il Registers as Lawyer with Korean Bar Association

Prosecutor General Moon Moo-il is announcing the prosecution's official position on the adjustment of investigative authority between the police and prosecution, designated as a fast-track bill by the National Assembly, at the Supreme Prosecutors' Office in Seocho-gu, Seoul on the 16th. Photo by Kang Jin-hyung aymsdream@

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Hyung-min] Moon Moo-il, the former Prosecutor General and the first to serve under the Moon Jae-in administration (age 61, Judicial Research and Training Institute class 18), has applied to open a law practice.

According to the legal community on the 15th, Moon recently registered as a lawyer with the Korean Bar Association.

Moon was appointed Prosecutor General in July 2017 and retired in July 2019, after which he was appointed as a distinguished professor at his alma mater, Korea University. He was known as a leading special prosecutor within the prosecution. Before becoming Prosecutor General, he led the investigation into former Korean Air Vice President Cho Hyun-ah's "nut rage" incident and served as the head of the special investigation team for the "Sung Wan-jong list" allegations.

After assuming the role of Prosecutor General, he led the so-called "deep-rooted evils investigations," including the Park Geun-hye administration's state affairs manipulation case, former President Lee Myung-bak's bribery and embezzlement cases, and the Samsung BioLogics accounting fraud allegations.

During his tenure, he held press conferences to publicly apologize for the prosecution's mishandling of past cases and met with the late Park Jong-chul's father and victims of the Brothers Home to express his apologies.

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