▲ Lim Eun-jung, the inaugural head of the Gwangju Regional Serious Crimes Investigation Agency, delivers an opening speech during the opening ceremony held at the agency in Junghung-dong, Buk-gu, Gwangju, on the morning of the 7th.
Lim Eun-jung, head of the Gwangju Regional Serious Crimes Investigation Agency, has been reported for defamation after claiming that Kim Ji-yong, a candidate for the head of the Serious Crimes Investigation Agency, covered up a civil petition regarding alleged misconduct by the brother-in-law of independent lawmaker Han Dong-hoon.
Citizens' Alliance for Judicial Justice, a civic group, held a press conference in front of the Serious Crimes Investigation Agency building in Jung-gu, Seoul, this afternoon (the 8th) and announced that it has reported Agency Head Lim for defamation under the Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection, etc., for disseminating false information.
The civic group stated, "Although Agency Head Lim has a duty to protect the constitutional spirit of the political neutrality of public officials as if it were her life, she stated false facts regarding candidate Kim," adding, "This is a criminal act challenging the president's personnel authority and attempting to handpick her own superior to her liking."
Previously, Agency Head Lim claimed on Facebook on the 5th that when candidate Kim served as the head of Inspection Division 1 at the Supreme Prosecutors' Office in 2018, he ignored a civil petition requesting an inspection into allegations that former prosecutor Jin covered up sexual violence, stating, "A person who should serve as a negative example must not become number one."
Former prosecutor Jin is the brother-in-law of lawmaker Han Dong-hoon.
Candidate Kim's side maintains that additional inspection was difficult at the time because the prosecution's "Investigation Team for Truth-Finding and Victim Recovery in Sexual Harassment Cases" was already reviewing the allegations.
The civic group, known for its pro-ruling party leaning, has successively filed complaints against hardline pro-ruling faction figures advocating for prosecution reform, such as Gyeonggi Provincial Governor Choo Mi-ae and writer Rhyu Si-min.
On the 6th, the group reported former Prosecutor General Lee Jong-geun, the husband of Rebuilding Korea Party lawmaker Park Eun-jung, to the Serious Crimes Investigation Agency on charges including abuse of authority, alleging that he gave a lenient investigation into the so-called "Lime Asset Management drinking entertainment case."
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