Prosecution of Current and Former Prosecutors in the 'Ssangbangwool Investigation Confidential Leak' Case

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Daehyun] An active investigator who leaked prosecution investigation materials related to Ssangbangwool Group and a former investigator who received them have been brought to trial.

On the 23rd, the Criminal Division 1 of Suwon District Prosecutors' Office (Chief Prosecutor Son Jinwook) indicted investigator A on charges of official secret leakage, and Ssangbangwool Group executive B, a former investigator, on charges of violating the Act on Promotion of Electronic Processing of Criminal Justice Procedures and the Personal Information Protection Act, and detained them.

Earlier, A is suspected of handing over confidential materials such as search warrants to B while working in the Criminal Division 6 of Suwon District Prosecutors' Office, which was investigating Ssangbangwool Group for embezzlement, breach of trust, and violations of the Capital Markets Act in May.

Lawyer C, who stored the confidential materials exchanged between them in his office, was also indicted without detention on charges of violating the Personal Information Protection Act. Lawyer C, a former prosecutor, was an outside director of Ssangbangwool from 2020 until early this year.

This case came to light during the analysis of seized items after the Public Investigation Division of Suwon District Prosecutors' Office (Chief Prosecutor Jeong Wondoo), which is investigating the alleged violation of the Public Official Election Act (false information disclosure) related to the payment of legal fees for Democratic Party lawmaker Lee Jae-myung, raided the office of lawyer Lee Taehyung, who defended the lawmaker, last month. Lawyer Lee and lawyer C belong to the same law firm.

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