'Yoon Inspection Suspicion' Former Central District Prosecutor Lee Seong-yoon Summoned by Prosecution

Former Central District Prosecutor Lee Seong-yoon / Photo by Kang Jin-hyung aymsdream@

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Hyung-min] On the 16th, the prosecution investigating allegations that a so-called 'targeted dismissal' inspection was conducted during former Minister of Justice Chu Mi-ae's tenure to force then Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol to resign summoned Lee Seong-yoon, a research fellow at the Judicial Research and Training Institute (former head of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office).

The Criminal Division 5 of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office (Chief Prosecutor Choi Woo-young) summoned Research Fellow Lee in the morning as a suspect and is currently investigating him. The prosecution is expected to question whether Lee, who was the head of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office at the time, approved the transmission of materials or exerted undue pressure during the process.

Research Fellow Lee is suspected of being involved in delivering prosecution materials, including call records secured under the pretext of inspecting Prosecutor Han Dong-hoon (current Minister of Justice) related to the 'Channel A incident' in October 2020, to the Ministry of Justice Inspection Committee that was inspecting Prosecutor General Yoon.

As a result of the Ministry of Justice's inspection, President Yoon was disciplined with a two-month suspension on December 16, 2020, for reasons including the creation and distribution of documents related to the alleged surveillance of major trial courts, obstruction of inspection and investigation of the Channel A incident, and violation of political neutrality as a prosecutor.

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