Prosecutors launch investigation into election offenders in the June 1 local election
Yang Ji-yeol “Influential players such as Kim Dong-yeon, Lee Jae-myung, and Ahn Cheol-soo have been accused of publishing false facts”
Police search and raid restaurants ‘Suspected Kim Hye-kyung’
Yang Ji-yeol, “The allegation of loss to the state treasury… 500 million won including the use of Beopka and the salaries of the relevant civil servants”
Are you taking steps to close the ‘Mrs. Kim Gun-hee case’?
Yang Ji-yeol “There is no progress in the investigation.. The possibility of further prosecution is not high”
Protesting ‘live fish’, cruelty to animals?
Prosecutors say edible animals are not subject to the Animal Protection Act
Animal group “Prosecution’s decision is a species-discriminatory decision”
Yang Ji-yeol “I understand the situation where they protested for a living, but if it was a dog rather than a fish, it would have been a problem right away”
Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office ‘Public Security Tong’ chief prosecutor resigns
Yang Ji-yeol “It seems to be a movement due to the increase in demand following the enforcement of the Severe Disaster Act in the atmosphere of preferential treatment for special canisters”
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Issue Plus Today with lawyer Yang Ji-yeol. welcome.
◀ Attorney Jiyeol Yang/Able Law Firm ▶
hello?
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It seems that as soon as the election is over, the investigation of the election offenders will begin all at once. I think all the powerful runners are all at stake.
◀ Attorney Jiyeol Yang/Able Law Firm ▶
There were about 1000 complaints and accusations. Among them, about 800 cases were filed, and in fact, the representative election offenders are the spread of false information and the receiving of money. That is, in the process of campaigning in the election process or in the process of criticizing the other party, accusations and accusations are mainly made with the publicity of false information as a problem.
was in In the past, after the election was over, the parties were now dropping accusations against each other. There were times when things were organized, but I don’t see that kind of atmosphere very well lately. So, I think maybe we should investigate these parts as well. Continue.
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False is…
◀ Attorney Jiyeol Yang/Able Law Firm ▶
All three of them made false statements. In the case of Ahn Cheol-soo, who was recently elected, he is now a member of the National Assembly, and in the case of a member of the National Assembly, the investigation is underway because it happened during the presidential election.
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which.
◀ Attorney Jiyeol Yang/Able Law Firm ▶
election period.
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What do you mean?
◀ Attorney Jiyeol Yang/Able Law Firm ▶
I think it’s a false statement of fact.
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Candidate Jae-myung Lee is the same.
◀ Attorney Jiyeol Yang/Able Law Firm ▶
The same is true in the case of President-elect Lee Jae-myung and President-elect Kim Dong-yeon. As I said during the election process, even in the case of the elected Kim Dong-yeon, I applied the fact that it was a false claim in the process of telling the story of the other candidate. It’s still in the prosecution stage, so it hasn’t been confirmed yet. Investigating that.
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However, apart from that, for those who are watching certain prosecutors after entering the new government, a large-scale prosecutorial investigation will be conducted in all directions from June. There are people who have such a view, but how about the atmosphere?
◀ Attorney Jiyeol Yang/Able Law Firm ▶
I do not know. So far, such things have not come out directly. Of course, from the point of view of the prosecution, in the Democratic Party, which is now the Prosecutor General, and the movement within the prosecution itself is so close to the prosecution, all of them are ascending to key positions in the Blue House, there is the Minister of Justice, and on the other hand, coincidentally, the Democratic Party has become an opposition party by adjusting the prosecution’s investigation authority. Because he had a very opposing policy, he did a lot of so-called analysis, but there has been no particular movement yet. As for the things that have been maintained in the past, there seems to be a part of the investigation into things like the Daejang-dong investigation or the misappropriation of the corporate card of Kim Hye-kyung, the spouse of Lee Jae-myung, which was raised during the last presidential election.
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There was a report like this that the police went into a large-scale search and seizure.
◀ Attorney Jiyeol Yang/Able Law Firm ▶
It’s not something else, and one of the issues that is being raised is whether the so-called corporate card is personally useful in more than 100 places in several places. In fact, in terms of the amount, it’s a restaurant, so it’s about a few million won.
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Did you do it all?
◀ Attorney Jiyeol Yang/Able Law Firm ▶
did it all However, the target restaurants are over 100. So if you just look at it and see that more than 100 places are seized and searched, it’s a really huge number, but the total amount is not that big.
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What is the direction of the investigation?
◀ Attorney Jiyeol Yang/Able Law Firm ▶
The direction of the investigation is treasury losses. However, the result of the investigation is of course that the loss of the state treasury is not easy in the legal part, but at present, the accuser is about 500 million won. The loss of the national treasury must be more than 100 million won, the amount to be lost. However, the reason why this exceeds 500 million won is that it now exceeds 500 million won because the salaries of civil servants employed in the provincial government, which Kim Hye-kyung helped, are included in it. In fact, if only the suspicion of using a corporate card is considered, it is actually difficult to constitute a crime.
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Another notable investigation is the prosecution investigation. How about the investigation into Kim Gun-hee?
◀ Attorney Jiyeol Yang/Able Law Firm ▶
There are no new changes at all now. Recently, even before the presidential election, there have been rumors that it will be concluded with a written investigation immediately after the election. A typical example is that, in the case of Deutsche Motors, it seems that it will be closed at all, and there is a report that there will be a written investigation by the police on the case of obstruction of business or fraudulent information about academic background or career in the past. But other than that, there is nothing special about it as there is no new information.
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But for a case of such an explosive social interest, shouldn’t the prosecution have to explain with some clear investigation result?
◀ Attorney Jiyeol Yang/Able Law Firm ▶
I do not know. In the case of the Deutsche Motors stock price manipulation case, the official position is that the prosecution cannot find any evidence that it was directly involved in the stock price manipulation through the media to some extent. However, in the case of the suspicions raised by the media, the amount of money or those who directly transacted with the account they traded directly raised the issue that these things were a bit suspicious, but the prosecution did not say that they were looking for such a part. .
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If it is not an investigation like this, if the media raises suspicions, the part of the allegations raised is like this, so there is no such suspicion, shouldn’t it be explained like this?
◀ Attorney Jiyeol Yang/Able Law Firm ▶
I wonder if that part could be explained if a decision of not guilty was made, but anyway, for now, I’m not explaining in detail whether the cause is because it’s a part related to the fact of blood.
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So, does that mean that there is a prospect that it will end without any particular charges?
◀ Attorney Jiyeol Yang/Able Law Firm ▶
Yes. It’s been months since there’s been no movement. It’s been months since rumors came out that it was going to end without charges, in fact.
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So it just feels like it’s dragging on, no matter what the outcome is.
◀ Attorney Jiyeol Yang/Able Law Firm ▶
In fact, in the case of other public officials, the trial is almost over, so if that is the case, then there is little prospect of further prosecution.
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So, I guess we’ll have to wait for the results. And there was talk of animal cruelty. what? live fish.
◀ Attorney Jiyeol Yang/Able Law Firm ▶
Live fish, live fish.
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How about throwing live fish on the floor? in court. It’s popular, so I’m asking for one.
◀ Attorney Jiyeol Yang/Able Law Firm ▶
It can be very controversial. This is not the first time that this is the first fish-related part, and a few months ago, there was an investigation into animal abuse through local government fishing festivals. Animal cruelty groups are what you see on the screen right now, but there are texts saying that this is a live fish demonstration during the protest process, and the sales themselves become difficult, so the distributors said they couldn’t sell us in this situation, and said that they hit it like this. Because people are so different in appearance, if you think that the animal that is being slapped on the floor right now is not a fish, but a dog, a cat, or a dog, wouldn’t it be a case of abuse right away? Besides, that situation is an animal organization and the position of the police is this. At that time, it was brought out for a demonstration, so it is no longer a situation where fish can be considered edible. So, if it’s edible, it’s inevitable that harming something is inevitable, but at that time, it was brought out to protest.
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Do you understand?
◀ Attorney Jiyeol Yang/Able Law Firm ▶
But what is the prosecution’s position? In that way, when the same animal and the same fish are sometimes called edible and sometimes not edible.
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Both are understandable. Both logics make sense.
◀ Attorney Jiyeol Yang/Able Law Firm ▶
That’s right. So now, the police have said that this could be a violation of the Animal Protection Act, and the prosecution is acquitting it.
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Both logics make sense. I heard it.
◀ Attorney Jiyeol Yang/Able Law Firm ▶
By the way, I remember talking to an animal protection group, so I’ll say it again, but I think it’s worth remembering one thing. If a cat or dog was treated that way, it would be a big problem right away.
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And the important thing is that if you put it off, you will feel pain if you beat a living creature like that. It is not appropriate.
◀ Attorney Jiyeol Yang/Able Law Firm ▶
Obviously, I understand the position of those who took part in the protests for their livelihood, but I think there is no need to view it that way.
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And I forgot to ask the question earlier, but the chief prosecutors resigned one after another to the Ministry of Public Security and the department that investigates violations of the election law in this prosecutor’s office. How should I look at this?
◀ Attorney Jiyeol Yang/Able Law Firm ▶
There are several analyzes as to why the public security prosecutors suddenly resigned, but when the current Yoon Seok-yeol government was inaugurated, he came from the prosecutor’s office, but he holds important positions in the government with almost special unification.
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Would you have had any complaints about this?
◀ Attorney Jiyeol Yang/Able Law Firm ▶
This complaint was similar to Yoon Seok-yeol, who had previously been inaugurated as the Prosecutor General. Then, when I took office again this time, there was a dissatisfaction.
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what a monopoly What is this?
◀ Attorney Jiyeol Yang/Able Law Firm ▶
Yes.
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It could be an expression of dissatisfaction. They weren’t talking about it, were they?
◀ Attorney Jiyeol Yang/Able Law Firm ▶
Reporters and other people around me are doing the analysis, but recently the Serious Disaster Punishment Act has been enforced and there is an atmosphere where a lot of so-called experts are scouting in each place, so the two may overlap.
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If you think about it common sense, isn’t there a lot of possibility of overlapping?
◀ Attorney Jiyeol Yang/Able Law Firm ▶
Yes. The atmosphere here is not good and the future prospects are not very bright, but if the treatment is good here, if the two overlap, I think the chances are higher.
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Of course, the analysis you have made now is not my story.
◀ Attorney Jiyeol Yang/Able Law Firm ▶
me.
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A view from the surroundings?
◀ Attorney Jiyeol Yang/Able Law Firm ▶
About one person actually cited economic reasons, while the other two simply did not reveal any particular reason to the media.
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I will listen to you today.
thank you
◀ Attorney Jiyeol Yang/Able Law Firm ▶
Thank you.
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