'Investigation of Representative Lee Jae-myung' Assigned to the Central District Prosecutors' Office in the Case of the Opposition Party's Complaint to Suwon District Prosecutors' Office Second Chief

The Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office will investigate the case in which the Democratic Party of Korea filed a complaint against the Deputy Chief Prosecutor of Suwon District Prosecutors' Office, who is investigating party leader Lee Jae-myung.

On the 19th, the Supreme Prosecutors' Office announced that it had assigned the case, in which the Democratic Party filed a complaint against Lee Jeong-seop, Deputy Chief Prosecutor of Suwon District Prosecutors' Office, on charges including abuse of authority, to the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office.

Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office, Seocho-dong, Seoul. Photo by Choi Seok-jin

The day before, the Democratic Party filed a complaint with the Supreme Prosecutors' Office against Deputy Chief Prosecutor Lee on charges including violation of the Improper Solicitation and Graft Act and abuse of authority. Initially, the Democratic Party was reported to have planned to file the complaint with the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO), but after internal legal review, they filed it with the Supreme Prosecutors' Office.

The Democratic Party is known to have stated in the complaint against Deputy Chief Prosecutor Lee facts including ▲false address registration ▲requests for golf course reservations for incumbent prosecutors ▲accessing criminal records and leaking official secrets ▲violation of the duty to maintain dignity ▲violation of the prosecutorial public officials' code of conduct guidelines.

Additionally, the Democratic Party reportedly requested in the complaint, saying, "The figure directing the investigation is nothing but a petty person destroying the rule of law," and asked for "a strict investigation and punishment."

This suspicion was raised by Democratic Party lawmaker Kim Ui-gyeom during the National Assembly's Legislation and Judiciary Committee's audit of the Seoul High Prosecutors' Office and others held on the 17th.

Deputy Chief Prosecutor Lee stated in a press release the day before that he feels sorry about the false address registration issue, but denied all other allegations as untrue.

After the arrest warrant for party leader Lee was dismissed, the Suwon District Prosecutors' Office received the case related to the illegal remittance to North Korea allegations from the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office and is currently investigating it.

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