Prosecution Future Committee Selects President Lee-Related Cases Including "Daejang-dong" and "North Korea Remittance" for First Investigation

Recommendations for Fact-Finding, Prevention of Recurrence, and Victim Restoration Measures

The Ministry of Justice's Prosecution Human Rights Respect Future Committee (Prosecution Future Committee), established to review cases of human rights violations that occurred during prosecution investigations, has selected cases related to President Lee Jaemyung as its first subjects of investigation.

The Ministry of Justice launched the Prosecutors' Human Rights Respect Future Committee on the 10th and awarded appointment letters to the seven committee members, including Chairperson lawyer JooYoung Jang, followed by a commemorative photo. Ministry of Justice

On June 10, the Ministry of Justice announced that the Prosecution Future Committee had been launched and that appointment letters were awarded to seven committee members, including attorney Jang Jooyoung, who will serve as the committee chairperson.

The Prosecution Future Committee is an independent body that selects cases involving alleged human rights violations or abuse of prosecutorial power by the prosecution, clarifies the facts through investigations conducted by investigative bodies, and makes recommendations for measures to prevent recurrence and restore victims. Attorney Jang will serve as chairperson, with committee members including attorney Jinsoo Kim of Yegang Law Firm, Professor Hye Kyung Kim of the Department of Police Administration at Keimyung University, Professor Byungdoo Oh of the College of Law at Hongik University, Changik Oh, Secretary General of Human Rights Solidarity, attorney Dongyeon Lee, managing partner at Leejak Law Firm, and Seonki Hwang, member of the Human Rights Committee at the Korean Bar Association.

At its first meeting on this day, the Prosecution Future Committee selected seven cases for its initial investigation: the Ssangbangwool North Korea remittance case; the Daejang-dong development case; the case involving former Deputy Director Kim Yong of the Institute for Democracy; the Wirye New Town development case; the West Sea civil servant shooting case; the statistical manipulation case; and the suspected false reporting of defamation involving President Yoon Suk-yeol. The committee recommended investigations into these cases. It also requested the Minister of Justice to establish an independent investigative body under the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office.

Minister of Justice Jung Sungho stated, "To move toward a better future, the Ministry of Justice and the prosecution must identify past mistakes, uncover the truth, and engage in genuine self-reflection first," adding, "The Ministry of Justice will do its utmost to ensure that the committee can carry out its activities with independence and neutrality."

Chairperson Jang also commented, "The committee will clarify the truth based on evidence and facts and will disclose the findings to the public as they are. We will also prepare measures to prevent similar abuses of prosecutorial power from recurring in the future."

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