Nationwide Chief Prosecutors' Emergency Meeting Ends After 7 Hours... Kim Oh-soo's Resignation Rejected

President Moon Meets with Prosecutor General Kim... Kim Returns to the Supreme Prosecutors' Office After Hiatus and Organizes Prosecutors' Position
All High Prosecutors on Standby, Final Position to Be Announced After Reviewing Meeting Results

On the 18th, a nationwide meeting of high-ranking prosecutors was held at the Supreme Prosecutors' Office in Seocho-gu, Seoul, to discuss the Democratic Party's response to the 'Geomsu Wanbak' (Complete Removal of Prosecutorial Investigation Rights) bill. Photo by Kang Jin-hyung aymsdream@

[Asia Economy Reporter Heo Kyung-jun] The nationwide meeting of high prosecutors, convened following Prosecutor General Kim Oh-soo's resignation in protest against the Democratic Party's 'Geomsu Wanbak' (complete removal of prosecutorial investigation rights) bill, ended after seven hours.

Starting at 9:30 a.m. on the 18th, the high prosecutors held an emergency meeting for about seven hours in the 8th-floor conference room of the Supreme Prosecutors' Office to discuss ▲organizational recovery plans after Prosecutor General Kim's resignation ▲countermeasures against the Geomsu Wanbak bill ▲and the possibility of all high prosecutors resigning. Attendees included Deputy Prosecutor General Park Sung-jin, Seoul High Prosecutor Lee Sung-yoon, Suwon High Prosecutor Kim Kwan-jung, Daejeon High Prosecutor Yeo Hwan-seop, Gwangju High Prosecutor Jo Jong-tae, Daegu High Prosecutor Kwon Soon-beom, Busan High Prosecutor Jo Jae-yeon, and Planning and Coordination Department Head Ye Se-min of the Supreme Prosecutors' Office.

The atmosphere shifted when President Moon Jae-in expressed his intention to reject Kim's resignation letter and meet with him. The meeting between President Moon and Prosecutor General Kim is scheduled for around 5 p.m. that day. Kim, who had been on leave and in hiding, hurriedly returned to the Supreme Prosecutors' Office to prepare for the presidential meeting. Before the meeting, Kim spent about two hours organizing the prosecution's position and related matters.

Accordingly, the high prosecutors are also on standby at the Supreme Prosecutors' Office, planning to announce their stance after reviewing the results of the meeting between President Moon and Prosecutor General Kim and holding additional meetings if necessary.

Prosecutor General Kim was originally scheduled to appear before the National Assembly's Legislation and Judiciary Committee that day to explain the unfairness of the Geomsu Wanbak bill, but the meeting was canceled after Kim voluntarily resigned.

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