'Jjogaegi Hoesik' Daejangdong Investigation Team Chief Prosecutor Applies to Reopen Lawyer Practice
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[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Hyung-min] It has been reported that the chief prosecutor who oversaw the Daejang-dong scandal task force and was demoted due to the so-called 'split dinner' controversy has applied for reinstatement to practice law after retirement.
According to the Ministry of Justice on the 4th, Prosecutor Yoo Kyung-pil of the Suwon High Prosecutors' Office (age 51, Judicial Research and Training Institute class 33) resigned on the 11th of last month.
During his tenure as a prosecutor, Yoo, who had been on a lawyer hiatus, recently submitted a lawyer reinstatement application to the Korean Bar Association, and it is reported that the related procedures are currently underway at the Bar Association.
He worked as an adjudicator at the Mokpo Regional Maritime Safety Tribunal in 2003 and opened his law practice in 2004. He then took a hiatus from practicing law when he was appointed as a prosecutor in July 2007.
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From the end of September last year, Prosecutor Yoo led the Daejang-dong scandal task force, arresting former Seongnam Urban Development Corporation Planning Director Yoo Dong-gyu, Hwacheon Daeyu major shareholder Kim Man-bae, and lawyer Nam Wook. Shortly after the arrests, on the evening of November 4 last year, he violated quarantine guidelines by having the so-called 'split dinner' with other prosecutors and investigators, which led to controversy as several members of the investigation team subsequently tested positive for COVID-19. After being excluded from the investigation team due to this incident, Prosecutor Yoo submitted his resignation and was reassigned to the Suwon High Prosecutors' Office. Along with Deputy Chief Prosecutor Kim Tae-hoon (4th Division), he received a 'warning' from the Prosecutor General, but since it was a minor disciplinary action, his resignation was accepted without any disciplinary measures from the Ministry of Justice.
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