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Lawyer Cho Jae-yeon filed a complaint regarding the alleged leak of the Ministry of Justice report after media reports purported to have conciliated former Vice Governor Lee Hwa-young.
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Jeong Yun-ju = A case related to the leak of a report on suspicion of salmon and alcohol parties filed by a 'lawyer who was a high prosecutor's office' who is suspected of placating former Gyeonggi Province Vice Governor for Peace Lee Hwa-young was not indicted.
According to the legal community on the 11th, the Criminal Division 1 of the Seoul Central District Public Prosecution Office (acting Chief Prosecutor Kim Ho-kyung) decided not to indict a case on the 21st of last month in which lawyer Cho Jae-yeon accused an unnamed Ministry of Justice official of leaking official secrets.
In December of last year, when media reports emerged that Attorney Cho had tried to persuade former Vice Governor Lee based on the investigation report of the Ministry of Justice's special inspection team, Attorney Cho reported the person responsible for writing the report to the police, saying, "The report was leaked through a Ministry of Justice official."
It is known that the police investigated Ministry of Justice officials and the reporter who wrote the article and confirmed that the report was viewed and copied through the Suwon District Court.
The police are said to have decided not to forward the report because they judged that it was likely to have been made public as it was viewed and copied during the court trial.
At the time, the prosecution also maintained its decision not to forward the case, believing that the case was based on media reports and the accuser's speculations.

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