Two 'luxury bags' are in depth, mixed conclusions... uselessness of raising one's head.

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While the case of First Lady Kim Gun-hee's receipt of luxury bags has been concluded with no indictment of all parties involved, questions are also being raised about the effectiveness of the prosecution's investigation review committee.

It is pointed out that the decision is not legally binding, and the reliability of the system has also been undermined, with two different conclusions on one case.

I'm reporter Kim Tae-won.

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The committee convened by former Prosecutor General Lee Won-seok to eliminate the exhausting controversy and recommended not to indict Kim Gun-hee.

[Lee Won-seok / Then Prosecutor General (Last month 9th): In that undesirable behavior does not immediately become the subject of criminal punishment or criminal charges are admitted, the two issues are different....]

The "second submission", which was convened at the request of Pastor Choi Jae-young, who handed over the bag, decided that Pastor Choi should be prosecuted for violating the anti-graft law.

[Choi Jae-young / Pastor (Last month's 25th): I hope you respect the results of the investigation review committee and apply them well and implement them as they are. This is job-related, solicited....]

In response, the prosecution decided not to hand over all those involved to the trial, saying that the investigation team responsible for proof should judge according to their conscience.

This is because the prosecution should respect the decision as much as possible, but there is no legal obligation to follow it.

In particular, it is pointed out that it is a problem because the prosecution can choose only the conclusion that suits its taste if there are conflicting judgments on the depth of water that have been opened several times.

[Kim Han-gyu / Lawyer: Rather than the original purpose of democratic control, it has been reduced to building a justification for the results of the investigation that the prosecution wants.]

In addition, there is an opinion that some non-experts included in the committee may judge legal issues and thus lose the authority or trust of the decision.

[Cha Jin-ah / Professor of law at Korea University] It's a matter of legal interpretation that requires a high degree of professionalism. It's actually not appropriate for non-professionals to judge about this.]

Critics point out that improvement measures are needed to ensure effectiveness in the composition of the committee, as the committee is criticized as a formality that only adds justification to the investigation results in the wake of the luxury bag incident.

I'm Kim Taewon of YTN.

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