In this lengthy news segment, it is reported that Justice Minister Han Dong-hoon has swiftly reshuffled high-ranking prosecutors shortly after taking office, a day before appointing a new Prosecutor General. Many of these appointments have raised concerns about political bias and procedural fairness. The report also discusses the background of some of the appointed prosecutors and their connections to both Han Dong-hoon and President Yoon Seok-yeol. Additionally, it mentions the re-establishment of the Securities Crime Joint Investigation Team at the Seoul Southern District Prosecutors' Office.
1. Justice Minister Han Dong-hoon reshuffled high-ranking prosecutors just one day after taking office.
2. The Prosecutor General has not yet been appointed.
3. The personnel results indicate that the Yoon Seok-yeol division has returned in large numbers, occupying all major high-ranking positions in the prosecution.
4. All prosecutors who left were evaluated as having been kicked out of the same position that Minister of Justice Han Dong-hoon held during the Moon Jae-in administration.
5. Minister of Justice Han Dong-hoon attended a National Assembly Budget and Accounts Committee meeting today.
6. Critical questions were raised from Democratic Party lawmakers regarding prosecutorial personnel.
7. Justice Minister Han Dong-hoon showed no intention of taking a step back.
8. There is no particular difference of opinion in terms of ability and meritocracy among the articles evaluated.
9. During the Moon Jae-in administration, prosecutors who were demoted or held a temporary position due to their closeness to President Yoon Seok-yeol were able to return to the forefront.
10. The personnel appointment is based on the evaluation of certain tendencies, and the people who are currently forwarded to key positions and some of them are recognized for their ability as prosecutors within the prosecution.
11. Prosecutors' organization is not necessarily limited to those who have recently held key positions.
12. There are voices of concern that there is more room for suspicion regarding political neutrality and fairness with the appointment of a president who was a prosecutor general.
13. Minister of Justice Han Dong-hoon said that personnel appointments were made based on ability and fairness.
14. Capable prosecutors, many of whom were demoted or held positions during the Moon Jae-in administration, have returned in full force.
15. Most of these people are close to President Yoon Seok-yeol and Justice Minister Han Dong-hoon.
16. During the last administration, the government tried to shake the fairness of the prosecution in many places, but the prosecutors who resisted that did not have a will for fairness.
17. Minister of Justice Han Dong-hoon responded that the appointment of prosecutors this time was carried out quickly.
18. While the Prosecutor General was vacant, consultations were originally supposed to be held with the Prosecutor General, but that process has now been omitted.
19. Over the past three years, prosecutors under Minister Choo Mi-ae and Park Beom-gye, who investigated living power process without hesitation and who steadfastly tried to maintain the independence of the prosecution without being swayed by the standards of the rule of law, were all kicked out of their positions.
20. A bill that significantly reduces the so-called prosecutorial investigative power has been passed and will go into effect in September.
21. Justice Minister Han Dong-hoon and President Yoon Seok-yeol made the prosecutorial appointments quickly because they were thinking of doing something during the remaining months.
22. The biggest problem with the bill to reduce the prosecution's investigation is that it does not significantly reduce the room for the prosecution to conduct so-called political investigations or direct investigations.
23. The person who wrote the strongest criticism that procedures were ignored within the prosecution at the time was Minister