The Ministry of Justice said on the 9th that Minister Jeong Seong-ho will hold a door-stepping Q&A on the way to work at 10:30 a.m. on the 10th at the Government Complex Gwacheon.
The Ministry of Justice did not specify what the Minister Jeong would address during the door-stepping. However, in legal circles, there is an expectation that the Minister Jeong will lay out a position on the controversy over the prosecution's "dropping the appeal in the Daejang-dong case" and the decision-making process at the time.
The Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office did not file an appeal by the deadline at midnight on the 7th regarding the first-instance ruling for private business operators including former Seongnam Development Corporation planning director Yu Dong-gyu and Kim Man-bae, who were indicted on charges including breach of trust under the Act on the Aggravated Punishment of Specific Economic Crimes.
The central district prosecutors' office offered an opinion that an appeal should be filed under existing work practices, but it is known that the leadership of the Supreme Prosecutors' Office, after hearing the Ministry of Justice's view, did not accept it. The final authority to decide whether to appeal lies with the chief of the competent district prosecutors' office, but in major cases it is customary to consult with the Supreme Prosecutors' Office.
Acting Prosecutor General Noh Man-seok said in a statement released that day, "This was a decision reached after careful consideration under my responsibility as acting prosecutor general, in consultation with the Seoul Central District Prosecutor." Jeong Jin-woo, the Seoul Central District Prosecutor who offered to resign the previous day, said in a separate statement that day, "I persuaded for the central district office's position, but could not see it through."