The National Assembly's Legislation and Judiciary Committee decided to file a complaint against Deputy Chief Prosecutor Park Sang-yong of the Incheon District Prosecutors Office, who investigated the SSANGBANGWOOL remittance-to-North-Korea case.
Kim Yong-min, a lawmaker from the Democratic Party of Korea and the ruling party secretary on the Legislation and Judiciary Committee, said on the 6th on Facebook that a complaint would be filed against Prosecutor Park for violating the National Assembly Testimony and Appraisal Act.
Kim said, Prosecutor Park denied last year during the National Assembly audit and the legislative hearing on prosecutorial reform that there had been a "salmon drinking party" and any inducement of testimony, saying there was "none," adding, But a recently released recording with attorney Seo Min-seok and testimony from a correctional officer at the time revealed content that conflicts with his previous statements.
He added, The crime of deceiving the National Assembly and undermining the rule of law is by no means light, and We will hold him strictly accountable through a thorough investigation and bring him before the court of law.
Prosecutor Park faces allegations that, in the process of questioning former Gyeonggi Province Vice Governor for Peace Lee Hwa-young and others in connection with the SSANGBANGWOOL remittance-to-North-Korea case, he held a so-called "salmon drinking party" to coax them into giving specific statements.
The Ministry of Justice said that on this day it ordered Prosecutor Park, who is under inspection over misconduct allegations including breach of duty during the investigation into the remittance-to-North-Korea case and damage to the fairness of the probe, to be suspended from performing his duties.