Seoul Prosecutors to Provide Daejang-dong Case Records to Fact-Finding Team

The Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office has decided to provide case records to the fact-finding team established by the Ministry of Justice's Committee for Respecting Human Rights and the Future of Prosecution. This move comes as the fact-finding team requested access to investigation files concerning the Daejang-dong development scandal and other high-profile cases.

The decision by the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office, reportedly made by Prosecutor General Park Cheol-woo, is significant as it proceeds despite legal objections from some current and former prosecutors who question the legitimacy of the fact-finding team's activities. The team aims to investigate alleged abuses of prosecutorial power.

Of the seven cases selected by the fact-finding team for review, four were handled by the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office. These include the Daejang-dong and Wirye New Town development corruption allegations, the West Sea public official shooting case, and a defamation case related to allegations of a presidential pardon cover-up during the investigation into Busan Savings Bank. The office will provide its relevant investigation records for these cases.