Prosecutor Seo Ji-hyun. yunhap news
On the 18th, members of the Special Committee on Digital Sex Crimes of the Ministry of Justice resigned in large numbers in protest against Seo Ji-hyeon, Deputy Chief Prosecutor of Suwon District Prosecutors’ Office, Seongnam Branch’s return to the original office.
17 members of the expert committee issued a press release on the same day and announced their intention to resign, saying, “I can’t help but feel sorry for the actions of the Ministry of Justice, and I also feel a strong sense of skepticism.”
The members said, “With about three months left until the task force of the expert committee, the Ministry of Justice unilaterally ordered a return without any discussion. is inevitably criticized for ‘cutting out’ right before the new justice minister takes office,” he said.
They emphasized, “The reason why the Ministry of Justice formed the expert committee was to fill in the perspective of victims and gender, which may be lacking in public officials, and prosecutor Seo has supervised and supported the activities of the expert committee with that point of view, which is very rare among prosecutors.”
He added, “I cannot help but feel sorry for the act of dismissing the prosecutor without giving a clear explanation for the value of these efforts and activities.” said.
Prosecutor Seo, who was dispatched to the Ministry of Justice’s digital sex crime response task force under the Moon Jae-in government, was informed of his return to the Wondae on the 17th.
Prosecutor Seo, protesting against this, announced on his SNS on the 16th that he had expressed his resignation, saying, “I submitted a resignation letter because it was clear the meaning of giving an insulting return notice without even giving me time to pack.”
Prosecutor Seo, who sparked the ‘MeToo movement’ with exposure to sexual harassment within the prosecution, served as a special advisor for gender equality policy in a personnel appointment conducted by former Minister Choo Mi-ae in January 2020. He served as a response TF team leader, etc.
