Politics · South Korea · 2 hrs ago
Police Transfer Prosecutor Misconduct Case to South Korea’s Anti-Corruption Agency
South Korean police transferred a case against prosecutor Park Sang-yong to the Corruption Investigation Office on November 6.
The case concerns allegations of false accusation and abuse of authority.
Park was accused of pressuring Lee Hwa-young, a former Gyeonggi Province vice governor, to give false testimony in a case involving alleged North Korean remittances by the Ssangbangwool company.
The accusers say Park urged Lee to implicate President Lee Jae-myung as the main suspect, and also named former President Yoon Suk Yeol and others in their complaint.
South Korea’s anti-corruption agency can investigate abuse-of-authority allegations involving senior officials, including prosecutors, so the agency will handle the case.
The transfer is not a finding of guilt, and no outcome of the investigation was announced.
Police transferred a case against prosecutor Park Sang-yong to South Korea’s Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials.
The case concerns allegations that Park induced false testimony from former vice governor Lee Hwa-young to falsely accuse President Lee Jae-myung.
The Seoul Yeongdeungpo Police Station transferred the case on the 6th of the month, police said on the 14th.
Civic groups filed the complaint on August 26, accusing Park and others of several offenses.
The allegations are unproven.
- Who
- Prosecutor Park Sang-yong is the subject of the case transferred by Seoul Yeongdeungpo Police Station.
- What
- The case involves allegations of false accusation and abuse of authority.
- When
- Police transferred the case on the 6th of the month and reported the transfer on the 14th. Civic groups filed their complaint on August 26.
- Where
- The case was transferred to South Korea’s Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials.
- Why
- The office investigates abuse-of-authority offenses involving high-ranking officials, including prosecutors.
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Civic groups filed a complaint against Park and other related people with the National Police Agency’s National Office of Investigation.
Seoul Yeongdeungpo Police Station transferred the case against Park to the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials.
Police disclosed that the case had been transferred.
- Prosecutor
- Park Sang-yong
- Transferred to
- Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials
- Transfer date
- November 6
- Complaint date
- August 26
- Police station
- Seoul Yeongdeungpo Police Station
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What people are saying
there must be a confession in which Lee Jae-myung is the principal offender and Lee Hwa-young is an accomplice for bail and other measures to be possible