Daegum Requests Severe Disciplinary Action Against Prosecutor Kim Sang-min for Forcing Candidacy in General Election

The Supreme Prosecutors' Office has decided to request severe disciplinary action against Kim Sang-min (Judicial Research and Training Institute class 35), a current prosecutor at the Daejeon High Prosecutors' Office, who announced his intention to run in the general election.

On the morning of the 9th, at the Changwon City Hall Press Center in Gyeongnam, Kim Sang-min (Judicial Research and Training Institute, Class 35), currently a prosecutor at Daejeon High Prosecutors' Office, held a press conference announcing his candidacy for the Changwon Uichang general election. [Image source=Yonhap News]

On the 12th, the Supreme Prosecutors' Office announced that it had requested severe disciplinary action from the Ministry of Justice against Prosecutor Kim and Park Dae-beom (class 33) of the Gwangju High Prosecutors' Office. The Supreme Prosecutors' Office stated, "As soon as we confirmed the violation of the political neutrality obligation by the two prosecutors, we promptly conducted an inspection and requested severe disciplinary action," adding, "We will strictly respond to any future acts that damage or raise suspicion about the political neutrality obligation of the prosecution."

Prosecutor Kim was embroiled in controversy for violating the political neutrality obligation by sending text messages suggesting his candidacy for the general election to local residents while serving as the head of the 9th Criminal Division at the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office during Chuseok last September. Although Prosecutor Kim explained that it was not for political purposes, he submitted his resignation to the Ministry of Justice on the 28th of last month following the Supreme Prosecutors' Office Inspection Committee's decision to issue a warning to the chief prosecutor, and announced his intention to run in his hometown, Changwon City, Gyeongnam Province. On the 6th, Prosecutor Kim held a book launch event at Changwon National University and registered as a preliminary candidate for Changwon Uichang under the People Power Party on the 9th.

Prosecutor Park is under suspicion of having inappropriate contact with outsiders related to the general election.

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