Attorney Jeon Jong-min, appointed as the first Deputy Director of the Heavy Investigation Service, "I will pour in my 30 years of experience."

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Lee Seung-yeon and Choi Yun-seon = Attorney Jeon Jong-min (59, 24th class of the Judicial Research and Training Institute), who is scheduled to be appointed as the first deputy director of the Serious Crimes Investigation Office (Serious Crimes Investigation Office) on the 1st, expressed his ambition to devote all of his 30 years of legal experience to the establishment of the organization.

He also emphasized that he would take care to avoid any disputes over fairness, given his past history of defending figures from all ruling parties.

In a phone call with Yonhap News on this day, lawyer Jeon said, “I have a full 30 years of legal experience. I think I have worked hard in many places,” and added, “I will pour in everything, including the experience I have accumulated, to help the Central Investigation Agency settle down well.”

He said, “I will create an agency that is good at investigating,” and added, “There may be a dilemma between the human rights of the accused and the victim, but if the investigation is done well and the conclusions are drawn according to the facts, no one will be wronged.”

Regarding his history of working as a judge for about 7 years, he pointed out, "If I were to dare to consider the wishes of the personnel authority, I think the experience and capabilities of someone who was not a prosecutor were also needed."

He added, “With 30 years of experience as a judge and lawyer, I will supplement and help prosecutors with what they are missing,” adding, “I think I should also learn from my own shortcomings.”

Regarding his history of defending and representing lawsuits filed by figures from the ruling party during his time as a lawyer, he explained that he took on the case because of a personal relationship with him.

He represented the head of the Innovation Policy Research Institute of the Cho Kuk Cho Kuk Reform Party in a lawsuit to cancel his dismissal from Seoul National University, and was also named as a defense attorney in the case of former lawmaker Choi Kang-wook violating the Public Official Election Act.

Attorney Jeon explained, "I have known former Minister Cho since I was a 20-year-old college student, and former Congressman Choi was my college classmate. I thought I should help them when they were having a hard time, so I provided them with legal help."

He said, "I will not directly conduct the investigation in my position as deputy chief, but I will be thoroughly careful and careful to avoid any disputes regarding the fairness of the investigation."

Attorney Jeon graduated from Konkuk University's College of Education and Seoul National University's Department of Justice and passed the bar exam in 1992.

After being appointed as a judge at the Chuncheon District Court in 1998, he worked as a judge at the Uijeongbu District Court and the Seoul Administrative Court before taking off his judicial uniform and becoming a lawyer in 2006.

He worked at law firms Yoon & Yang and Gongjon, and also served on the faculty of Hanyang University and Hankuk University of Foreign Studies Law School (Law School) from 2012 to 2014.