Park Beom-gye "Prosecutors close to President Yoon, afraid they might take the regressive path that drove Roh to the brink"

"Prosecutor Reform Advanced Under Moon Jae-in Government but Then Regressed"

President Yoon Suk-yeol is greeting former Minister of Justice Park Beom-gye after delivering a policy speech on the supplementary budget bill for COVID-19 loss compensation at the plenary session held at the National Assembly in Yeouido, Seoul on the 16th.
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[Asia Economy Reporter Park Hyun-joo] Park Beom-gye, a member of the Democratic Party of Korea who served as Minister of Justice under the Moon Jae-in administration, expressed concern, saying, "I am afraid that prosecutors close to President Yoon Seok-yeol might take a regressive path in history."

On the 17th, Park attended the launch ceremony of the election campaign committee for Park Jeong-hyun, the Democratic Party candidate for Daejeon Daedeok District Mayor, and began by saying, "What the people want from the prosecution is judicial justice, a coexistence of your justice and mine."

Park went on to claim that the Korean prosecution has long been criticized by the public. He said, "That is why presidential candidates throughout history, not only from the Democratic Party but also from opposition parties, have pledged prosecution reform as part of their platforms," adding, "While prosecution reform advanced under the Moon Jae-in administration, it is now regressing to a backward path in history."

Park expressed fear that "prosecutors close to President Yoon might deny the Moon Jae-in administration and follow the regressive path of history that once pushed former President Roh Moo-hyun into a dead end," appealing, "You must stop this regression of history."

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