Investigator Who Leaked Ssangbangwool Investigation Secrets Admits Charges in First Trial
[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Hyung-min] A current investigator indicted for leaking prosecution investigation materials related to Ssangbangwool Group admitted the charges at the first trial.
Investigator A from Suwon District Prosecutors' Office acknowledged all the prosecution's charges and the list of submitted evidence at the first hearing held on the 19th, presided over by Judge Lee Won-beom of the Suwon District Court Criminal Division 10.
A is accused of handing over confidential materials such as search warrants to B, an executive of Ssangbangwool and former prosecutor investigator, while working in the Criminal Division 6 of Suwon District Prosecutors' Office investigating Ssangbangwool Group's embezzlement, breach of trust, and violations of the Capital Markets Act around May. The prosecution, investigating A's leak of investigation secrets, arrested and indicted him on charges including official secrets leakage. B, who was also arrested and indicted on charges including violation of the Act on Promotion of Electronic Processing of Criminal Justice Procedures for receiving the confidential information from A, stated that they have not reviewed the related records and will provide their opinion later.
C, a lawyer who was non-detained indicted on charges of storing the confidential materials exchanged between A and B in the office (violation of the Personal Information Protection Act), admitted the facts in the indictment but partially denied the charges, stating, "I did not know the source of the confidential materials, nor did I receive personal information for profit or improper purposes."
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The cases involving the three were uncovered during the analysis of seized items after the Public Investigation Division of Suwon District Prosecutors' Office (Chief Prosecutor Jung Won-doo), which investigated the 'lawyer fee payment suspicion' related to Lee Jae-myung, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, for violation of the Public Official Election Act (false information publication), conducted a search of the office of lawyer Lee Tae-hyung, who represented Lee in July. Lawyer Lee and lawyer C belong to the same law firm.
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