President Yoon's "Civil War Incident" was transferred to the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit.Partial elimination of overlapping investigations

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The prosecution has decided to hand over President Yoon Suk Yeol's "civil war case" to the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit.

The problem of overlapping investigations is expected to be partially resolved, but there are reportedly voices of opposition within the investigation team.

Reporter Kwon Junsu reports.

[Reporter]
Prosecutors investigating the emergency martial law incident have handed over President Yoon Suk Yeol's civil war case to the Office of Criminal Investigation for High-ranking Officials.

After agonizing until the last minute over the second request from the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit,

Lee Dong-woon, deputy prosecutor of the Supreme Prosecutors' Office, met in person with Oh Dong-woon, head of the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit, and decided to unify the investigation of President Yoon.

A prosecution official said it was important to abide by laws and principles in the investigation process, such as securing evidence,
He explained that it is necessary to eliminate controversy in future trials and that it is a measure to eliminate concerns about duplicate investigations.

At the same time, the prosecution also decided to hand over the case of former Minister of Public Administration and Security Lee Sang-min to the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit.

However, as the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit decided to withdraw the request for transfer to the remaining suspects,
The prosecution plans to continue the investigation of former Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun and a high-ranking military official, who have already been arrested and investigated to a large extent
.

As we have discussed the scope of the transfer, we expect to continue further discussions on specific matters.

As the two sides make concessions one step at a time, the controversy over the "double investigation" such as the simultaneous recall of the president is also expected to be partially resolved.

However, as the case transfer was decided ahead of the investigation into the peak, there were also voices of opposition from the investigation team.

After the decision to relocate, Prosecutor General Shim Woo-jung convened Park Se-hyun, the head of the prosecution's special investigation division, and the Supreme Prosecutors' Office explained that it was for future discussions on investigation plans.

I'm YTN Kwon Junsu.

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