Eastern District Prosecutors' Office Requests Supreme Prosecutors' Office to Decide on Increasing Investigation Team, Including Baek Haeryong
The Seoul Eastern District Prosecutors' Office has requested the Supreme Prosecutors' Office to determine whether to increase the number of investigators on the team probing the alleged external pressure on the customs drug investigation, which was ordered by President Lee Jaemyung, as well as the scale of any such increase.
On October 13, the Seoul Eastern District Prosecutors' Office announced that it had sent an official document to the Supreme Prosecutors' Office, asking it to decide on whether to dispatch police officers, the number of officers to be dispatched, and whether to increase the number of prosecutors assigned to the investigation.
The authority to decide on matters such as the dispatch of police officers like Superintendent Baek Haeryong lies with the Supreme Prosecutors' Office, which oversees all prosecutors' offices, rather than with local district offices. The request is for the Supreme Prosecutors' Office and the National Police Agency to consult on the matter.
Earlier that day, the police stated that they would consider dispatching Superintendent Baek to the investigation team, as directed by President Lee, if the prosecution made an official request.
Since June, the prosecution has been operating a joint investigation team at the Seoul Eastern District Prosecutors' Office, comprising police, the National Tax Service, and the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU).
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The alleged external pressure on the customs drug investigation refers to suspicions that, in January 2023 during the Yoon Suk-yeol administration, after the police obtained testimony implicating Incheon Customs officials in a methamphetamine smuggling case, senior officials from the Presidential Office, the police, and the Korea Customs Service exerted external pressure to cover up the incident.
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