PCA Dismisses Case Against President Yoon Seok-yeol for 'Lee Seong-yoon Retaliation Investigation'

Research Fellow Seong-yoon Lee, Legal Research Institute / Photo by Jin-hyung Kang aymsdream@

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Daehyun] The case in which a civic group accused President Yoon Seok-yeol of conducting retaliatory investigations against Lee Seong-yoon, then head of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office (currently a research fellow at the Judicial Research and Training Institute), during his tenure as Prosecutor General, was dismissed by the High-ranking Officials' Crime Investigation Agency (HOCI).

Dismissal refers to a decision to end the trial process because the lawsuit or claim is improper or does not meet the requirements.

According to the legal community on the 10th, HOCI dismissed the case filed by the Judicial Justice Restoration Civic Action (Sasehaeng) in April against President Yoon on charges of abuse of authority and dereliction of duty.

Earlier, Sasehaeng accused President Yoon and former Deputy Prosecutor General Cho Nam-gwan in May last year, alleging that when Yoon was Prosecutor General, he led a retaliatory investigation targeting Lee, then a research fellow with whom he had a conflict, under the pretext of the "illegal travel ban suspicion of former Vice Minister of Justice Kim Hak-eui."

Meanwhile, HOCI also dismissed last month the cases filed by Sasehaeng regarding allegations of obstruction of the Shincheonji raid by President Yoon, vision manipulation suspicions, and the inadequate investigation of the Busan Savings Bank case.

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