Personnel Changes Following Ministry of Justice Organizational Restructuring... Daegum Head of Narcotics and Organized Crime Division Park Jae-eok

Official Appointment of Dansunghan as Head of the Joint Financial and Securities Crime Investigation Division
Gang Seong-yong, Anti-Corruption Planning Officer, and Kim Tae-eun, Public Investigation Planning Officer, at the Supreme Prosecutors' Office
Lee Seung-hyung, Head of Anti-Corruption Division 2

On the 17th, the Ministry of Justice conducted personnel transfers to fill newly established positions, including the head of the Supreme Prosecutors' Office's Narcotics and Organized Crime Division. This personnel move was made in accordance with the 'Regulations on the Organization of the Prosecutor's Office,' which includes the prosecution organization restructuring and will be promulgated and enforced on the 23rd.

On the same day, the Ministry of Justice appointed Park Jae-eok, Chief Prosecutor of Changwon District Prosecutors' Office (29th Judicial Research and Training Institute class), as the head of the newly established Supreme Prosecutors' Office Narcotics and Organized Crime Division, effective from the 23rd. Chief Prosecutor Park is a prominent 'violent crime specialist' within the prosecution, having served as head of the Violent Crime Division at Gwangju District Prosecutors' Office, Narcotics Division Chief at the Supreme Prosecutors' Office, Organized Crime Division Chief at the Supreme Prosecutors' Office, and head of the Violent Crime Division at Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office.

Ministry of Justice, Government Gwacheon Complex.
Photo by Choi Seok-jin

Dan Seong-han, current head of the Joint Investigation Unit (32nd class), was appointed as the head of the formally established Financial and Securities Crime Joint Investigation Division at Seoul Southern District Prosecutors' Office. Dan is recognized for his stable operation of a cooperative investigation system with related agencies targeting capital market disruption offenders.

Kang Sung-yong, senior researcher of the Anti-Corruption and Violent Crime Division at the Supreme Prosecutors' Office (31st class), and Kim Tae-eun, senior researcher of the Public Investigation Division (31st class), were appointed as the Anti-Corruption Planning Officer and Public Investigation Planning Officer, respectively, to serve as control towers for anti-corruption and public investigations.

Yoon Byung-jun, head of the Investigation Command and Support Division (32nd class), was appointed as the head of Anti-Corruption Division 1, responsible for directing investigations and cooperation related to public official corruption crimes. Lee Seung-hyung, head of the Financial Investigation Division 1 at Seoul Southern District Prosecutors' Office (34th class), was appointed as the head of Anti-Corruption Division 2, performing similar roles in the financial and securities sectors. Kim Bo-sung, head of the Narcotics and Organized Crime Division (35th class), was appointed as the Narcotics Division Chief.

Choi Jae-hoon, head of the Information Management Division (34th class), will take charge of the Crime Information Division 2, responsible for crime information collection functions.

On the 4th, the Ministry of the Interior and Safety announced the legislative notice of the presidential decree 'Partial Amendment to the Regulations on the Organization of the Prosecutor's Office' through the official gazette.

The amendment includes provisions to separate and reestablish the Supreme Prosecutors' Office Violent Crime Division, which had been integrated into the Anti-Corruption Division during the Moon Jae-in administration, under the new name Narcotics and Organized Crime Division. It also formalizes the Financial and Securities Crime Joint Investigation Unit at Seoul Southern District Prosecutors' Office, which had been abolished during former Minister of Justice Choo Mi-ae's tenure.

Shin Bong-su, current head of the Supreme Prosecutors' Office Anti-Corruption and Violent Crime Division, was appointed as the head of the Anti-Corruption Division following the organizational restructuring.

Additionally, the amendment formalizes the position of senior researcher at the Supreme Prosecutors' Office to strengthen public investigation functions and assigns official names to the public investigation-dedicated departments at Daegu and Gwangju District Prosecutors' Offices.

The amendment also reorganizes the crime information collection and verification departments by abolishing the existing Information Management Division and establishing under the Crime Information Planning Officer two divisions: Crime Information Division 1, responsible for verification, and Crime Information Division 2, responsible for collection.

The Ministry of Justice stated, "As of the 23rd, minimal personnel transfers were conducted for urgently needed positions such as the newly established Narcotics·Organized Crime Division Chief," adding, "Some positions not filled in this personnel move will be handled by acting officers and will be appointed in future personnel changes."

Earlier, on the 12th of last month, Minister of Justice Han Dong-hoon ordered the Supreme Prosecutors' Office to establish related departments, stating, "We must restore the nation's overall capacity to respond to narcotics and organized crime."

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