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President Yoon Seok-yeol has nominated lawyer Oh Dong-woon as a candidate for the position of head of the Senior Public Officials’ Criminal Investigation Bureau, which has been vacant for more than three months.
This appointment came at a time when the presidential secretary was suspected of being involved in external pressure to investigate the Chae Sang-byeong incident, and the Democratic Party had announced the passage of the Chae Sang-byeong Special Prosecutor Law, and the opposition party had announced a thorough audit.
This is reporter Lee Yong-ju.
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Oh Dong-woon, a lawyer and former judge, has been named as the final candidate for second head of the Corruption Investigation Bureau.
It has been 96 days since first director Kim Jin-wook retired last January.
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″Lawyer Oh Dong-woon has been named as the final candidate for the position of head of the Corruption Investigation Bureau. We intend to quickly request a staff hearing from the National Assembly.”
Candidate Oh was appointed to the Busan District Court in 1998 and served as chief judge of the Ulsan District Court.
The president’s office said: “We have accumulated experience and expertise in various fields for 20 years” and that “we made a careful decision considering fairness and reliability.”
During the long leadership absence, which lasted nearly 100 days, the Corruption Investigation Bureau was criticized for the slow progress of major investigations, including suspected external pressure in the Chae Sang-byeong case.
On the same day as the appointment, Yoo Jae-eun, legal director of the Ministry of National Defense, was summoned, a key figure in the suspicion of external pressure on the investigation.
In the National Assembly, pressure from the opposition party on the management of special prosecutor Chae Sang-byeong is growing.
An official from the president’s office retorted: “Both the accusation against former minister Lee Jong-seop and the proposed Special Prosecution Law were put forward last year” and “it is unfair to link the appointment of the head of the corruption Investigation Bureau with the law on special prosecution.
Furthermore, he argued, “it would be unfair to criticize him for obstructing the investigation and then criticize him for interfering with the investigation once he was appointed.”
The New Reform Party has stressed that it is suspected of attempting to internally suppress the candidate, and the Democratic Party has anticipated a thorough audit, saying it is doubtful that candidate Oh can conduct a fair investigation given his history of defending the allegations of electoral interference. by the secret services of Park Geun-hye’s government.
This is Lee Yong-ju from MBC News.
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