Outline of Prosecutors Dispatched to Yoon President-Elect's Transition Team... Two at Senior Prosecutor Level Expected

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Hyung-min] The outline of the prosecutors to be dispatched to participate in the transition committee of President-elect Yoon Seok-yeol has emerged.

According to the legal community and Yonhap News on the 14th, the Ministry of Justice recently decided to dispatch Lee Dong-gyun, Chief Prosecutor of the Seoul Southern District Prosecutors' Office (46 years old, Judicial Research and Training Institute class 33), to the transition committee. The prosecution plans to dispatch a total of two prosecutors at the level of high prosecutors to the transition committee.

The dispatch of Chief Prosecutor Lee was confirmed to be requested by the President-elect Yoon's side. Chief Prosecutor Lee started working at the Seoul Western District Prosecutors' Office in 2007, served as a research officer at the Supreme Prosecutors' Office in 2019, and as the head of the Gongju branch of the Daejeon District Prosecutors' Office in 2020. When President-elect Yoon was nominated as Prosecutor General, he worked in the hearing preparation team.

In addition, reports have emerged that Song Kyung-ho, prosecutor at the Suwon High Prosecutors' Office (52 years old, class 29), and Choi Jae-hoon, Chief Prosecutor at the Incheon District Prosecutors' Office (47 years old, class 34), are also slated to be dispatched to the transition committee, but a Ministry of Justice official stated, "This matter has not been finalized."

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