Special Prosecutor for the Late Lee Yeram to Summon Former Air Force Chief Lee Seongyong on the 23rd and Director Jeon Iksoo on the 24th

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[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Hyung-min] The special prosecutor team led by An Mi-young (56, 25th Judicial Research and Training Institute), investigating the death of the late Air Force Sergeant Lee Yeram, is summoning top Air Force officials one after another for questioning.

According to the legal community on the 22nd, the special prosecutor team plans to summon former Air Force Chief of Staff Lee Seong-yong as a witness at 10 a.m. on the 23rd, and the next day, on the 24th at 2 p.m., summon former Air Force Headquarters Legal Office Chief Jeon Ik-su as a suspect for investigation.

Former Chief Lee had instructed the military prosecution to consider detaining the perpetrator during the investigation, but it has been alleged that the Air Force legal leadership ignored this directive. Former Chief Jeon has been identified by the bereaved family and others as responsible for the 'inadequate initial investigation' and has been booked by the special prosecutor on charges of abuse of authority and neglect of duty.

Prior to their questioning, the special prosecutor secured custody of lawyer A, formerly affiliated with a law firm, on charges of falsifying evidence related to the case. Lawyer A was arrested on the 15th for manipulating the original file of the so-called 'Jeon Ik-su recording,' which was exposed by the Military Human Rights Center in November last year and contained evidence that former Legal Office Chief Jeon directed a non-detention investigation of the sexual assault perpetrator.

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