Bill for Special Counsel to Look into Malicious Prosecution Claims Submitted to Plenary
[Politics] : A bill to appoint a special counsel to investigate allegations of malicious prosecution under the Yoon Suk Yeol administration was submitted to the National Assembly’s plenary session on Thursday, prompting the main opposition People Power Party(PPP) to launch a filibuster. The bill’s submission comes ... [more...]
Special counsel has requested a one-year prison term for Oh Dong-woon, chief prosecutor at the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO), in a case of dereliction of duty. This request was made during the final hearing of his trial at the Seoul Central District Court. Oh is accused of attempting to suppress an investigation into Song Chang-jin, a former senior CIO prosecutor, who faced a criminal complaint from opposition Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) lawmakers in August 2024.
According to the special counsel team, Oh failed to forward this complaint to the Supreme Prosecutors Office within the legally mandated 11-month period. They believe he intentionally obstructed the investigation into Song, who was accused of perjury at the National Assembly regarding a high-profile investigation into a Marine's death in 2023.
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