Police Launch Investigation into Alleged External Pressure to Drop Daejang-dong Appeal

The police have launched an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the decision to forgo an appeal in the Daejang-dong development corruption case.

On November 13, the Seoul Seocho Police Station announced that it had been assigned a case the previous day, in which the conservative civic group, the People's Livelihood Countermeasure Committee (Seominwi), filed a complaint with the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency. The complaint accuses Acting Prosecutor General Noh Manseok, Park Cheolwoo, Head of the Anti-Corruption Department at the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office, and others of abuse of authority and dereliction of duty. The police stated that they have begun an investigation.

On November 9, Seominwi submitted a complaint stating that, "Although there was unanimous internal agreement on the need to appeal immediately after the first trial verdict in the Daejang-dong case, Acting Prosecutor General Noh exercised influence at the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office approval stage to effectively block the appeal."

The police plan to summon officials from Seominwi to verify the circumstances of the complaint and whether there is any evidence.

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