Court Rules to Revoke Dismissal of Eunjung Park Over 'Yoon Suk-yeol and Han Dong-hoon Inspection' Allegations

Court Rules in Favor of Park in Lawsuit Against Ministry of Justice

The court has ruled that the dismissal imposed on Eunjung Park, a member of the Party for National Innovation, due to allegations of involvement in the so-called 'Yoon Suk-yeol and Han Dong-hoon inspection' during her tenure as a prosecutor, must be revoked.

Eunjung Park, member of the Party for Innovation of the Country. Photo by Yonhap News

On May 8, the Seoul Administrative Court's Administrative Division 4 (Presiding Judge Kim Youngmin) ruled in favor of Park in the administrative lawsuit she filed against the Minister of Justice to cancel the disciplinary action. The court stated, "The accusation that she disclosed investigation materials to outside parties is not substantiated, and the remaining grounds for disciplinary action alone are excessively heavy to justify dismissal."

Park served as the Inspector General of the Ministry of Justice in 2020. At that time, she faced allegations of providing materials from the Ministry of Justice and the Supreme Prosecutors' Office, which had been obtained during an inspection of then-Chief Prosecutor Han Dong-hoon, to the Ministry of Justice's Inspection Committee without authorization.

Following the launch of the Yoon Suk-yeol administration, the highest level of disciplinary action was imposed. The Ministry of Justice's Prosecutors' Disciplinary Committee in February 2024 dismissed Park (who was then Head of the Important Economic Crimes Investigation Division at the Gwangju District Prosecutors' Office).

In response, Park filed an administrative lawsuit in May of the same year.

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