“Investigation records taken out”… There was also a request to initiate disciplinary action, including Kim Soo-hong, former head of the prosecution department at the Ministry of Justice.

“Investigation records taken out”… There was also a request to initiate disciplinary action, including Kim Soo-hong, former head of the prosecution department at the Ministry of Justice.

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Choi Yun-seon = In relation to the 'suspicion of tampering with the Deutsche Motors investigation,' the 2nd comprehensive special prosecutor team, Kwon Chang-young, requested disciplinary action against the chief prosecutor who was in charge of the investigation at the time.

According to the legal community on the 2nd, the special prosecution team recently requested the Ministry of Justice to take disciplinary action against Choi Jae-hoon, former head of the anti-corruption investigation department 2 at the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office (currently the Seoul Central District Public Prosecution Office).

The special prosecutor's team reportedly claimed that Chief Prosecutor Choi was taking the investigation records of the Deutsche Motors case out and using them for personal defense.

It is said that the contents of the prosecution's investigation report on the Deutsche Motors case were inserted into the opinion written by Chief Prosecutor Choi's lawyer.

In addition, in the process of summoning and interrogating Prosecutor A, who was undergoing training in the United States last May, the special prosecutor's team suspected that Kim Soo-hong, then head of the prosecution department at the Ministry of Justice, had informed Chief Prosecutor Choi of Prosecutor A's entry into the country in advance, and requested the initiation of disciplinary proceedings against former Chief Prosecutor Kim.

In addition, it was found that prosecutor A requested disciplinary action against one immigration employee who did not properly comply with the notification measures upon entry requested by the special prosecutor's team upon his return to Korea.

In accordance with the Special Prosecution Act, the special prosecution team may request disciplinary action or reprimand from the head of the affiliated agency for public officials who interfered with the investigation of the truth.