Kim Keonhee Special Counsel Rejects Deceased Yangpyeong Official's Attorney's Request to View Interrogation Report: "Concerns Over Impact on Investigation"
"Attorney-client relationship terminated due to the individual's death"
Deceased official's side: "Special prosecutor coerced testimony... Will file a complaint"
The special prosecutor's team led by Min Jungki, which is investigating allegations related to First Lady Kim Keonhee, has rejected a defense attorney's request to share the suspect interrogation report containing the testimony of a deceased public official from Yangpyeong County.
On October 15, the special prosecutor's team announced, "The request by the attorney representing the deceased Yangpyeong County official to view and copy the records was denied yesterday, as disclosure could affect the ongoing investigation. Furthermore, the attorney-client relationship was terminated due to the individual's death, and, in accordance with relevant laws, we had no choice but to refuse the request."
According to the special prosecutor's team, the case was closed as "no right of prosecution" due to A's death, and under civil law, an attorney's mandate is terminated upon the client's death.
The deceased official, referred to as A, had appeared before the special prosecutor's team as a suspect on October 2 in connection with the "Yangpyeong Gongheung District development favoritism allegations." On October 10, A was found dead at his home in Yangpyeong-eup, Yangpyeong County. In a handwritten note left behind, A described psychological distress related to the investigation and claimed that he had been pressured to testify that he followed the instructions of Kim Sunkyo, then Yangpyeong County governor and a member of the People Power Party.
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Park Kyungho, the attorney representing A, held a press conference the previous day and announced plans to file a complaint against the special prosecutor's team for alleged abuse of authority. Park asserted, "The interrogation report prepared by the special prosecutor's team contains false information," and claimed, "The team coerced testimony suggesting that, in collusion with then-county governor Kim, they unfairly exempted the company owned by the First Lady's family from development charges."
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