Lim Eun-jung Defamation Complaint Over Kim Ji-yong Assigned to Seoul Serious Crime Investigation Agency's Anti-Corruption Division

The complaint accusing Gwangju Regional Serious Crime Investigation Agency Chief Lim Eun-jung of defamation against Serious Crime Investigation Agency Chief Nominee Kim Ji-yong has been assigned to the Anti-Corruption Division of the Seoul Regional Serious Crime Investigation Agency.

According to legal circles, the Serious Crime Investigation Agency assigned the complaint against Chief Lim—who faces allegations of defamation through the dissemination of false information under the Information and Communications Network Act—to the Anti-Corruption Investigation Bureau of the Seoul Regional Serious Crime Investigation Agency on October 12.

The complaint was filed on October 8 by the civic group Citizens' Action for Establishing Judicial Justice.

Chief Lim has previously claimed that Nominee Kim, while serving as head of Inspection Division 1 at the Supreme Prosecutors' Office in 2018, quashed a petition requesting an inspection into allegations that former Prosecutor Jin covered up sexual violence.

Former Prosecutor Jin is the brother-in-law of independent lawmaker Han Dong-hoon.

Citizens' Action for Establishing Judicial Justice filed a complaint with the Serious Crime Investigation Agency, claiming that Chief Lim's allegations are false.

Nominee Kim's side has denied the allegations.

Similarly, a complaint against lawyer Lee Jong-geun (former high-ranking prosecutor), also filed by Citizens' Action for Establishing Judicial Justice, was recently assigned to the Anti-Corruption Investigation Bureau of the Seoul Regional Serious Crime Investigation Agency.

Lawyer Lee is the husband of Rebuilding Korea Party lawmaker Park Eun-jung.

Citizens' Action for Establishing Judicial Justice previously filed a complaint charging lawyer Lee with abuse of power and violation of the Attorney-at-Law Act, claiming that while serving as head of the Crime Investigation Department at the Supreme Prosecutors' Office in 2020, he gave "slap-on-the-wrist" disciplinary actions to prosecutors who came under investigation in the so-called "Lime Asset Management drinking treat" scandal.
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