Prosecutor Resignations Continue Amid Aftershocks of Senior Official Personnel Changes...

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Daehyun] Following the first regular personnel reshuffle of prosecutors under the Yoon Seok-yeol administration, resignations of prosecutors excluded from promotions are continuing.

According to the legal community on the 24th, Choi Seongpil, Head of the Scientific Investigation Department at the Supreme Prosecutors' Office (28th Judicial Research and Training Institute class), submitted his resignation to the Ministry of Justice the day before.

He was appointed as a research fellow at the Judicial Research and Training Institute, known as a "place of exile," in the high-ranking prosecutor personnel reshuffle on the 22nd. He was suspected of blocking the dismissal without charges of the 'Channel A case' involving Han Dong-hoon, Minister of Justice, along with Lee Seong-yoon, then head of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office, when he served as the 2nd Deputy Chief Prosecutor there.

In the subsequent personnel reshuffle, he was promoted to Chief Prosecutor and served as a staff member at the Supreme Prosecutors' Office, assisting former Prosecutor General Kim Oh-soo.

Shin Seongsik, Deputy Chief Prosecutor of the Gwangju High Prosecutors' Office (27th class), Ko Kyungsun, Chief Prosecutor of the Chuncheon District Prosecutors' Office (28th class), and Lee Jonggeun, Deputy Chief Prosecutor of the Daegu High Prosecutors' Office (28th class), were also appointed as research fellows at the Judicial Research and Training Institute.

Lim Hyun, Chief Prosecutor of the Criminal Division at the Seoul High Prosecutors' Office (28th class), also expressed his intention to resign. He served as head of the Public Security Divisions 1 and 2 at the Supreme Prosecutors' Office and later as head of the Public Security Division 1 at the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office. During the period when President Yoon Seok-yeol was Prosecutor General, Lim led the 'Ulsan Mayor Election Interference Allegation' as the Public Security Planning Officer at the Supreme Prosecutors' Office. In his resignation message posted on the prosecutors' internal network the day before, Lim stated, "It has become time to leave the prosecution, which has been the core axis of my life."

Referring to the recent legislative process of the so-called 'Geomsu Wanbak' (complete removal of prosecutorial investigative authority), during which prosecutors united in resistance, he added, "Now, I hope that passion will be realized in our daily lives and that the sincerity of the prosecution members will find a place in the hearts of the people."

Heo Inseok, Deputy Chief Prosecutor of the Western Branch of the Daegu District Prosecutors' Office (31st class), also posted on the internal network the day before, expressing his resignation and gratitude, saying, "I would like to thank my fellow prosecutors and investigators who have supported me all this time."

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