
A South Korean special counsel team has requested a one-year prison sentence for Oh Dong-woon, chief prosecutor of the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials, accusing him of dereliction of duty for failing to transfer a criminal complaint against a subordinate to the Supreme Prosecutors Office for 11 months.
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Oh Dong-woon, chief prosecutor of the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials, is accused of failing to transfer a criminal complaint against former senior CIO prosecutor Song Chang-jin to the Supreme Prosecutors Office for 11 months. The complaint was filed by then opposition Democratic Party lawmakers in August 2024, accusing Song of perjury at the National Assembly regarding remarks about a high-profile investigation into the death of a young Marine in 2023.
SEOUL, Nov. 5 (Yonhap) -- A special counsel team on Thursday sought a one-year prison term for the head of the anti-graft agency on charges of dereliction of duty over a criminal complaint filed against one of his subordinates.
Special counsel Lee Myeong-hyeon's team requested the sentence for Oh Dong-woon, chief prosecutor of the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO), during his trial's final hearing at the Seoul Central District Court.
Oh is accused of attempting to bury an investigation into Song Chang-jin, a former senior CIO prosecutor, who had become subject to a criminal complaint filed by then opposition Democratic Party (DP) lawmakers in August 2024.
Oh allegedly failed to transfer the complaint to the Supreme Prosecutors Office, as required by law, for 11 months. The special counsel team believes Oh knowingly tried to obstruct an investigation into Song.
DP lawmakers had filed the complaint against Song, accusing him of perjuring himself at the National Assembly over remarks about a high-profile investigation into the death of a young Marine in 2023.
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The Seoul Central District Court will issue a verdict on Oh Dong-woon's case.
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