Prosecutors Dismiss Autopsy Warrant for Former Secretary Lee Jae-myung "Considering Family's Wishes and Autopsy Results"

The prosecution has decided not to conduct an autopsy on Jeon Mo, the first chief secretary to Lee Jae-myung, the leader of the Democratic Party of Korea and former governor of Gyeonggi Province, who was found dead on the 9th.

Prosecution [Photo by Yonhap News]

The Criminal Division 2 of the Suwon District Prosecutors' Office Seongnam Branch (Chief Prosecutor Song Jeong-eun) announced on the 10th, "At around 4:12 PM today, we received an autopsy warrant application from the Seongnam Sujeong Police Station, but it was dismissed around 7 PM today." A prosecution official explained, "We listened to the family's opinion and conducted a postmortem examination to confirm the cause of death, and after considering the family's wish not to have an autopsy along with the postmortem results, we made this decision."

Earlier, the police found no signs of homicide in Jeon's case but applied to the prosecution for an autopsy warrant to clarify the exact cause of death. Jeon was found dead at his home in Sujeong-gu, Seongnam City, at around 6:45 PM the previous day. Jeon's body is currently at Seongnam Medical Center and is scheduled to be cremated at 8 AM on the 11th.

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