Seoul High Prosecutor's Office Reexamines First Lady Kim's 'Not Alleged in Deutsche Case'

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Four years ago, then-Secretary Choo Mi-ae deprived the president of his right to command the investigation.

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The Seoul High Prosecutor's Office will take over the record of Kim Gun-hee's alleged manipulation of Deutsche Motors' stock price and examine again whether the acquittal was appropriate.

Prosecutor General Shim Woo-jung previously said he would exercise his right to command the investigation if the case was handed over to the Seoul High Prosecutor's Office, and attention is being paid to how the prosecution will make a judgment under pressure from the opposition party.

This is reporter Woo Chul-hee.

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Former Democratic Party lawmaker Choi Kang-wook, who accused Kim Gun-hee of manipulating Deutsche Motors' stock price, appealed against the prosecution's acquittal last month.

The prosecution turned a blind eye to the evidence and even made a false briefing, claiming that a reinvestigation was needed.

[Choi Kang-wook / Former Democratic Party lawmaker (last month 31st): Isn't it obvious why he lied that he requested a warrant without conducting a search and seizure? There are so many traces of trying very hard to escape the requirements of the helper and twisting his words deftly.The Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office, which reviewed the

appeal, sent records of recent cases to the Seoul High Prosecutors' Office, judging that there was no reason to reinvestigate it.

The Seoul High Prosecutor's Office will soon allocate the case and review whether a reinvestigation is necessary.

Prosecutor General Shim Woo-jung is expected to direct the appeal case.

In 2020, then Justice Minister Choo Mi-ae deprived the prosecutor general of the investigation command during the investigation phase of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office in connection with the Deutsche case.

During the parliamentary audit last month, President Shim directly mentioned that he would exercise his command again if the case was transferred to the Supreme Prosecutors' Office.

[Shim Woo-jung / Prosecutor General (Last month's 21st): The fact that I can't agree with the results of the investigation and give my personal opinion is that an appeal was scheduled. If the appeal is made, I will exercise the right to command the investigation....]

If the Seoul High Prosecutor's Office determines that there is a problem with the investigation of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office, it can issue a comeback investigation or an order to file a prosecution.

As the Democratic Party of Korea is on the offensive this week to deal with the first lady Kim's independent counsel law, attention is being paid to what judgment the Seoul High Prosecutor's Office, which took over the ball, will make.

I'm Woo Cheolhee of YTN.

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