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▲ Former Ministry of Justice Corrections Bureau Chief Shin Yong-il
Former Corrections Bureau Chief Shin Yong-il, who is accused of attempting to secure detention spaces within correctional facilities during the December 3 emergency martial law, has been indicted without detention.
The 2nd Joint Special Investigation Team, led by Kwon Chang-young, announced today (August 7) that it has indicted the former chief without detention on charges of engaging in key duties of an insurrection.
Shin is suspected of ordering the securing of detention spaces to confine violators of the martial law decree, acting upon instructions from former Minister of Justice Park Sung-je during the martial law.
The special counsel team suspects that Shin participated in the insurrection crime by carrying out the unlawful directives of former Minister Park.
According to the investigation results, it was found that Shin instructed heads of correctional institutions nationwide to prepare for the confinement of decree violators.
He also ordered the review of emergency paroles to secure space for detaining violators of the decree.
Previously, the Cho Eun-seok independent counsel team on insurrection had investigated circumstances surrounding Shin checking the detention capacity of correctional facilities in the capital area, but transferred the case to the police late last year as the investigation period expired.
Subsequently, the police special investigation headquarters handling the case forwarded it to the prosecution at the end of January, and the prosecution handed the case over to the special counsel team following its launch.
Meanwhile, former Minister of Justice Park Sung-je was sentenced to 25 years in prison in the first trial and taken into legal custody on charges including participating in the martial law.
As former Minister Park appealed the ruling, the appellate trial is currently underway.
(Photo: Yonhap News)
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