Prosecutor Park Sang-yong expressed concerns about the current special prosecutor's professionalism and impartiality, as well as the Democratic Party's potential intentional interference in the investigation of Representative Lee Jae-myung, raising worries about renewed special prosecutor appointments and strategies for dropping charges.
The profile contains extensive information, including his education, career, books, and papers, with specifics that would be difficult to know unless he had written them himself. The host commented, "But this overview, it looked like a table of contents for Sun-moon's works," questioning the abnormal length of the profile.
Additionally, there was a suggestion that the source of related photos and the accuracy of the information need verification.
Special Prosecutor Kwon Chang-hyung's profile includes educational programs such as 'Korea University Museum Culture and Arts Advanced Course' in addition to typical degree programs. The host mentioned, "Korea University Museum, the Museum Culture and Arts Advanced Course," pointing out that listing such advanced courses as if they were formal degree programs is unusual.
The host explained the meaning of the gazette, saying, "The judicial precedents gazette? Yes, there's something published by the Supreme Court with precedents." The fact that even the lead judge status, which is difficult for a third party to ascertain, is specified, raises questions about the source of this information.
It was pointed out that most of Special Prosecutor Kwon Chang-hyung's papers are related to civil law and corporate rehabilitation, with a lack of criminal law papers. The host remarked, "It seems he has hardly any criminal law papers among the many he has written," questioning his expertise in criminal law as a special prosecutor. Furthermore, the special prosecutor's profile was last modified at 18:44 on June 14, shortly after the end of business hours, raising suspicions that he might have managed his profile during work hours.
The host emphasized, "If an investigation is conducted based on ambition, it is bound to go wrong." There is a critical view of the special prosecutor's recent remarks and the lack of corresponding achievements, suggesting that this could undermine the credibility of the special prosecutor's investigation.
He stated, "To simply talk about that content with such rhetorical statements and move on is truly unacceptable, and you must take responsibility for those words," emphasizing that the special prosecutor must be held accountable for such remarks. This calls for the weight of words spoken to the public and the corresponding sense of responsibility.
Prosecutor Park urged the special prosecutor to argue his statements and clarify his exact position.
This analysis suggests that the special prosecutor would serve as an intermediate consumable for the purpose of dismissing charges.
Prosecutor Park Sang-yong suggested that once a special prosecutor is established, cases from the National Office of Investigation (NSO) could be transferred to it. He expressed concern, "The moment a special prosecutor is created, those cases will all be transferred there. And then, they will just indict someone, including me, for no reason at all." This scenario suggests that disciplinary action and dismissal of prosecutors would be used to secure grounds for dismissing charges, and materials from an alleged illegal fact-finding committee could be used as evidence for special prosecutor indictments.
This can be interpreted as an all-out pressure campaign against him.
Prosecutor Park Sang-yong stated with 100% certainty that the Democratic Party would re-propose a special prosecutor in the September regular session of the National Assembly, even if the current special prosecutor's term expires. He said, "The special prosecutor's term expires today, right? But it will probably be revived soon. When September comes, that case will have to go there again." He argued that this aims for the Democratic Party to demand dismissal of charges, attempt to suspend the trial, and ultimately neutralize evidence through Lee Hwa-young's release.
Prosecutor Park Sang-yong emphasized, "Ultimately, the first destination of all this is Lee Hwa-young's release," criticizing it as no different from an attempt to silence, similar to the Daegang-dong appeal waiver case. He added that his own disciplinary action is also being used as a means to derail this case.
He said, "Come out, and if you call me, I'll go anytime. Let's debate anywhere. If you say let's talk publicly, anyone can call me." He criticized the attitude of keeping information private under the pretext of official secrecy. Prosecutor Park demanded that it be clearly revealed to the public what is fabrication and what constitutes insurrection.
It was revealed that the Ministry of Justice's inspection committee members were replaced after the decision not to indict in the salmon party controversy. Prosecutor Park Sang-yong commented, "If they kept the inspection committee members as they were before the review, what if they said no again? So, they changed the inspection committee members." He claimed this was intended to increase the level of disciplinary action, aiming for a heavy penalty of suspension for two months or more. The analysis suggests that a suspension of two months would not be sufficient grounds for dismissing charges, so the purpose is to secure the legitimacy of charges dismissal through a resolution for dismissal or discharge.
Concerns were expressed that the replacement of inspection committee members might have been carried out for a specific purpose, and that this could be seen as an act undermining procedural transparency.
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