Lawyers Odongun and Imyeongsun Recommended as New Candidates for Head of Public Corruption Investigation Office

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The Corruption Investigation Office for High-Ranking Officials (CIO) Chief Candidate Recommendation Committee announced on the 29th that at the 8th meeting held at the National Assembly, it resolved to recommend two final candidates for the 2nd Chief of the Corruption Investigation Office for High-Ranking Officials: Oh Dong-woon (55, Judicial Research and Training Institute class 27), a former judge and partner lawyer at Geumseong Law Firm, and Lee Myung-soon (59, class 22), a former prosecutor and chief lawyer at Lee Myung-soon Law Office.

Lawyer Oh served as a judge at the Seoul Western District Court and the Seoul High Court, and also served as a constitutional researcher at the Constitutional Court.

Lawyer Lee served as the head of the Criminal Division at the Seoul High Prosecutors' Office, as well as the chiefs of the Anyang Branch Office and the Geochang Branch Office.

The recommendation committee, with the approval of at least five members, will recommend the two final candidates for CIO Chief to the President in writing. The President will then appoint one of them after a confirmation hearing.

The term of Kim Jin-wook, the inaugural CIO Chief, ended on the 20th of last month, and the position has been vacant for over a month.

All seven committee members attended the meeting, including ex officio members: Park Seong-jae, Minister of Justice; Cheon Dae-yeop, Chief of the Court Administration Office; Kim Young-hoon, President of the Korean Bar Association; Park Yoon-hae, lawyer at Baeksong Law Firm and recommended by the ruling party; Lee Ho-seon, professor at the College of Law, Kookmin University, also recommended by the ruling party; and Lee Sang-gap, lawyer at Gonggam Partners Law Firm, and Lee Chang-min, chief lawyer at Changdeok Law Office, both recommended by the opposition party.

Professor Jeong Han-jung of Hankuk University of Foreign Studies Law School, who was previously the opposition party's member, was replaced by lawyer Lee Chang-min after joining the Democratic Party as a recruited talent.

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