Ex-Prosecutor Lee Kyu-won's Constitutional Complaint Against Verdict on 'Kim Hak-ui False Report' Dismissed

Former Deputy Prosecutor Lee Kyu-won of the Daegu District Office, whose deferred sentence of a fine was finalized for charges of writing a false report during the investigation into former Vice Justice Minister Kim Hak-ui's "villa sex-for-favors suspicions," filed a constitutional complaint challenging the ruling, but it was not accepted.

The Constitutional Court dismissed the constitutional complaint filed by former Prosecutor Lee on the 28th, in which he requested the cancellation of the finalized ruling for a deferred sentence on charges including the creation of false official documents.

A constitutional petition can only be filed after exhausting all other legal remedies, and the court determined that former Prosecutor Lee failed to meet this requirement.

The court also deemed the petition's contents to be nothing more than a simple objection to the trial's outcome.

Former Prosecutor Lee was sent to trial on charges of writing false interview reports regarding builder Yoon Joong-cheon, a key figure in the sex-for-favors suspicion, and former presidential administrator Park Kwan-cheon, while working on the Supreme Prosecutors' Office's Past Affairs Truth-Finding Committee between 2018 and 2019, and leaking them to a specific media outlet for reporting.

With some charges recognized as guilty, he had the lower court ruling finalized on June 11 at the Supreme Court, which upheld a deferred sentence of a 2 million won fine.

A deferred sentence is a measure where guilt is acknowledged for cases with minor criminal circumstances, but sentencing is postponed, and punishment is effectively exempted after a certain period (two years) passes.

While still holding the status of an active-duty prosecutor, former Prosecutor Lee ran as a proportional representation candidate for the Rebuilding Korea Party in the general election and was defeated.

He was subsequently dismissed from his position on grounds including the violation of the obligation to refrain from political activities, and he also lost the administrative lawsuit he filed to challenge this decision.

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