Justice minister seeks discipline for two prosecutors over courtroom walkout
Justice Minister Jung Sung-ho has requested disciplinary action against two prosecutors who stormed out of a high-profile perjury trial in protest of allegedly unfair court proceedings last year, the ministry said Friday. The move follows an internal inspection into four prosecutors of the Suwon District Prosecutors Office who abruptly left a pretrial hearing after the court rejected their…
The Justice Minister, Jung Sung-ho, has called for disciplinary action against two prosecutors who left a high-profile perjury trial in protest of what they deemed unfair proceedings, according to a statement issued by the ministry on Friday. This action follows an internal review of four prosecutors from the Suwon District Prosecutors Office who abruptly left a pretrial hearing in November 2025 after the court denied their request to bring in witnesses.
Prior to their departure, the group submitted a motion to disqualify the judge on the grounds of alleged unfair proceedings. Out of the four, two prosecutors have since resigned and faced warnings from the minister, while disciplinary proceedings are ongoing for the remaining two. The incident took place during the trial of Lee Hwa-young, a former vice governor of Gyeonggi Province.
Lee was given a four-month prison sentence in 2024 for providing false testimony to parliament, claiming that prosecutors had offered him and a businessman food and alcohol during interrogations in an effort to coerce false statements against current President Lee Jae-myung.
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