The new chief of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office said Thursday he will work to ensure the probe into graft allegations against the first lady proceeds without disruption after 39 senior prosecutors were reassigned earlier in the week.
But his actions raise questions about the motive.
Prosecutor General Lee One-seok said investigations will "adhere to established principles" regardless of who is appointed, addressing the sweeping changes in the prosecution leadership overseeing investigations into allegations involving first lady.
A Korean American pastor who gave a luxury handbag to first lady Kim Keon Hee said he secretly recorded himself doing so to expose the “true character” of President Yoon Suk Yeol and his wife as he appeared before prosecutors on Monday.
Prosecutor General Lee One-seok said Tuesday that an investigation into first lady Kim Keon Hee’s acceptance of a luxury handbag will be “swift and stern according to the rule of law and evidence.”
After Democratic Party threatened to resubmit a bill to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate the first lady’s suspicious acceptance of a Dior handbag from a pastor, the prosecution has hurriedly set up an investigation to look into the case.
We hope both sides end the controversy as quickly as possible.
Prosecutors on Tuesday issued an arrest warrant for Hur, who allegedly forced bakers at Paris Baguette, a bakery chain run by SPC Group, to withdraw from the labor union.
Prosecutors on Wednesday requested an 18-month prison sentence for Jeju Gov. Oh Young-hoon at the first hearing of his appeal to the Gwangju High Court against his conviction on charges of violating election laws.
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