Prosecutor Sangyong Park Says, "Summon Me to the Supreme Prosecutors' Inspection Committee... I Will Wait from Morning"

"Submitted a Written Opinion Detailing the Facts of the Allegations"

Sangyong Park, Deputy Chief Prosecutor at Incheon District Prosecutors' Office, who is under suspicion of attempting to induce testimony during the investigation into the Ssangbangwool remittance to North Korea case, has requested to attend the Supreme Prosecutors' Office Inspection Committee meeting scheduled for May 11. He intends to explain himself directly at the venue where his disciplinary action will be discussed.

Sangyong Park, Deputy Chief Prosecutor at Incheon District Prosecutors' Office. Photo by Yonhap News Agency

On this day, Prosecutor Park stated on his social networking service (SNS) that he wishes to attend the Supreme Prosecutors' Office Inspection Committee meeting scheduled for the 11th, saying, "Please summon me and ask questions directly." He added, "I do not know what time the committee will be convened on that day," and continued, "Therefore, I will be present at the Supreme Prosecutors' Office from the morning and wait."

Prosecutor Park also said, "I submitted a written opinion to the Supreme Prosecutors' Office (yesterday), stating the facts regarding the allegations raised," adding that "the written opinion is 50 pages long." He further requested, "I ask the committee members not to listen only to the one-sided opinion of the Seoul High Prosecutors' Office, but to review my explanation as well and make a decision based on the actual facts."

During the investigation, Prosecutor Park was accused of inducing the testimonies of former Gyeonggi Province Vice Governor for Peace Lee Hwa-young and former Ssangbangwool Chairman Kim Sung-tae through the so-called "salmon drinking party," an allegation he has denied. The Human Rights Infringement Check Task Force (TF) at the Seoul High Prosecutors' Office concluded that such a drinking party did take place and has reported this to the Supreme Prosecutors' Office.

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