President-elect Yoon Withdraws 'Prosecutor General Suspension Cancellation Lawsuit' Ahead of Second Trial

[Asia Economy Reporter Yoo Hyun-seok] President-elect Yoon Seok-yeol withdrew the administrative lawsuit he filed in opposition to the suspension of his duties during his tenure as Prosecutor General at the appellate court.

According to the legal community on the 5th, Yoon Seok-yeol's legal representative submitted a withdrawal petition to the Seoul High Court Administrative Division 11 (Presiding Judges Bae Jun-hyun, Lee Eun-hye, Bae Jeong-hyun) on the same day.

It appears that since Yoon is no longer serving as Prosecutor General, he was judged to have no interest in seeking the cancellation of the suspension order. Yoon received a suspension order from the Ministry of Justice in 2020 while serving as Prosecutor General. Subsequently, the disciplinary committee decided on a two-month suspension.

The disciplinary reasons recognized by the committee were ▲the creation and distribution of documents alleging surveillance of key case trial panels by the Supreme Prosecutors' Office Investigation Information Policy Office ▲obstruction of inspection and investigation of the Channel A case ▲and violation of political neutrality as a prosecutor.

Yoon had filed separate administrative lawsuits claiming that the suspension and disciplinary actions did not follow proper procedures and that the disciplinary reasons were factually incorrect.

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