President Lee Won-seok: "Never Ordered Public Summons or Apology from Mrs. Kim"..."Clear Falsehood"

Prosecutor General Lee Won-seok once again clearly stated that he did not instruct the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office to publicly summon or demand an apology from First Lady Kim Geon-hee, who was accused of receiving luxury bags.

Prosecutor General Lee Won-seok. Photo by Heo Young-han younghan@

On the 29th, the Supreme Prosecutors' Office expressed "deep regret over some political circles spreading baseless false information and slandering the Prosecutor General, turning the judiciary into a political battleground," and stated, "The Prosecutor General instructed a 'non-public prosecutorial summons' for First Lady Kim in accordance with regulations, did not instruct that an apology be obtained, and rather directed that the prosecution should not be involved as it is not a matter for them to handle. The Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office has already clarified that it has not received any instructions for a public summons or apology."

The Supreme Prosecutors' Office added, "We also clarify that all other claims made by some political circles are blatant falsehoods not worth considering."

On the 26th, a media outlet reported that Prosecutor General Lee had instructed the Central District Prosecutors' investigation team in advance to publicly summon First Lady Kim and obtain an apology, and that the investigation team was reportedly concerned through a countermeasure meeting that the investigation into First Lady Kim might be canceled.

However, immediately after the report, the Supreme Prosecutors' Office fully denied the related news, stating, "The Prosecutor General instructed a non-public prosecutorial summons for First Lady Kim in accordance with regulations, and the report that the Prosecutor General instructed the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office to publicly summon First Lady Kim and obtain an apology is not true."

At that time, the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office also rebutted, saying, "We have not received any instructions from the Prosecutor General to publicly summon First Lady Kim and demand an apology, nor have we held any countermeasure meetings related to such instructions."

Meanwhile, on the morning of the same day, Lee Jong-bae, a member of the Seoul Metropolitan Council from the People Power Party, claimed, "If it is true that the Prosecutor General instructed the public summons and apology of First Lady Kim, it constitutes abuse of authority and obstruction of the exercise of rights," and filed a complaint against the Prosecutor General at the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office.

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