Ministry of Justice Appoints New Representative for Yoon's Disciplinary Cancellation Lawsuit

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[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Hyung-min] The Ministry of Justice, which had previously dismissed its legal representatives in the disciplinary action cancellation lawsuit filed by President Yoon Seok-yeol when he was Prosecutor General against the Minister of Justice, has newly appointed two legal representatives.

According to the court on the 15th, the Ministry of Justice submitted a power of attorney to the Seoul High Court panel handling the case yesterday, appointing lawyers Kim Jae-hak and Bae Tae-geun from the Government Legal Affairs Corporation as legal representatives.

A Ministry of Justice official explained, "Due to concerns about the fair performance of duties by the legal representatives because of private interests with certain individuals, we appointed the Government Legal Affairs Corporation, which has represented numerous government-related lawsuits, as the legal representatives."

In December 2020, while serving as Prosecutor General, President Yoon received a two-month suspension disciplinary action from the Ministry of Justice for reasons including the creation and distribution of documents suspected of surveilling major trial panels, obstruction of inspection and investigation related to the Channel A case, and violation of political neutrality as a prosecutor.

President Yoon applied to the court for a provisional injunction to temporarily suspend the disciplinary action's effect and obtained a favorable ruling. He also filed a main lawsuit seeking cancellation of the disciplinary action but lost in the first trial, and the appeal trial is currently underway.

Initially, the Ministry of Justice's legal representatives were lawyers Lee Ok-hyung and Wi Dae-hoon, but they were successively dismissed after Han Dong-hoon assumed office as Minister of Justice.

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