Acting Prosecutor General Lee Jeong-hyeon: "Future Committee Fact-Finding Investigation Underway... Difficult to Submit Data"

Acting Prosecutor General Lee Jeong-hyeon (Deputy Prosecutor General of the Public Prosecution Service) has expressed his intention to refuse a request from lawmakers to submit data from the Ministry of Justice's prosecution human rights respect future committee fact-finding investigation team, stating that doing so "raises concerns of disrupting investigation operations."

During today's (the 22nd) parliamentary audit by the Legislation and Judiciary Committee of the National Assembly, Acting Chief Lee responded to a request from People Power Party lawmaker Kwak Kyu-taek to "submit the details reported by the fact-finding investigation team to the prosecution future committee," stating that submission is difficult.

Acting Chief Lee stated, "The activities of the prosecution future committee's fact-finding investigation team carry the nature of a fact-finding investigation premised on an audit," adding, "A fact-finding investigation results report was submitted to me and has been forwarded to the Ministry of Justice."

He added, "However, as the investigation has not been concluded and is currently ongoing, please take this circumstance into consideration."

When lawmaker Kwak repeatedly asked, "Is it true that the fact-finding investigation team reported that it could not find illegality in the 3 cases (subject to investigation)?", Acting Chief Lee replied, "Since the investigation is currently underway, answering could have an impact, so I ask for your understanding that it is difficult to give an answer."

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