Kim Suhong Appointed Head of Prosecution Human Rights and Future Committee's Investigative Team on Alleged Abuse of Prosecutorial Powers... Launches on the 24th

Temporary Office Set Up at Seoul Eastern District Prosecutors' Office

Fact-Checking and Record Review for Seven Major Cases

Kim Suhong, Director of the Prosecution Division at the Ministry of Justice (Judicial Research and Training Institute Class 35), has been appointed as the head of the Truth Investigation Team under the Prosecution Human Rights and Future Committee, which will look into alleged abuses of prosecutorial investigative powers.

Yonhap News Agency

According to the legal community on the 23rd, the Ministry of Justice announced the personnel appointment on this day, transferring Director Kim to the position of head of the Truth Investigation Team under the Prosecution Human Rights and Future Committee. Kim will assume office on the 24th. He has previously held key positions such as Director of Policy Planning at the Supreme Prosecutors' Office and Head of the Financial Crimes Investigation Division 1 at the Seoul Southern District Prosecutors' Office.

Na Hana, Director of Policy Planning at the Supreme Prosecutors' Office (Class 36), has been appointed as the new Director of the Prosecution Division at the Ministry of Justice. The position of Director of Policy Planning at the Supreme Prosecutors' Office will be filled by Lee Geonpyo, Criminal Intelligence Division 2 Director at the Supreme Prosecutors' Office (Class 38).

The investigation team plans to set up a temporary office at the Seoul Eastern District Prosecutors' Office and begin its investigative work. The team will be responsible for fact-checking and reviewing records of cases designated for investigation by the Prosecution Human Rights and Future Committee or any additional cases recommended in the future.

On June 10, the Ministry of Justice launched the Prosecution Human Rights and Future Committee, composed of external members, to investigate the truth behind cases of alleged human rights violations and abuse of prosecutorial authority.

At its first meeting, the Prosecution Human Rights and Future Committee selected seven cases as the initial subjects of investigation: the Ssangbangwool Company’s alleged remittance to North Korea, the Daejang-dong development scandal, the case of former Deputy Director Kim Yong of the Institute for Democracy, the Wirye New Town case, the shooting death of a government official in the West Sea, statistical manipulation allegations, and the case involving alleged false reporting of 'Yoon Suk-yeol defamation.'

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