The rebellion special counsel (Special Prosecutor Cho Eun-suk) on the 8th indicted former presidential office administrative affairs secretary Yoon Jae-sun and People Power Party lawmaker Lim Jong-duk (former second deputy director of the Office of National Security) on charges of arranging positions after receiving a request from an acquaintance during the hiring process for a dispatched staffer at the crisis management center under the Office of National Security.
Park Ji-young, deputy special counsel for the rebellion probe, said former secretary Yoon and lawmaker Lim were indicted without detention on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of another's rights and violating the State Public Officials Act.
Deputy Special Counsel Park explained that the alleged hiring solicitation came to light during the investigation into charges of aiding an external enemy. Park added, "Based on the related-crime investigation clause under the rebellion special counsel act, we investigated and then brought charges."
Former secretary Yoon was found to have passed along a personnel request from an acquaintance to lawmaker Lim and former Office of National Security defense secretary Lim Ki-hoon. After that, the crisis management center under the Office of National Security additionally hired a person who had not been on the internal list of suitable candidates. In the process, the number of dispatched personnel was increased by one from the original plan.
Deputy Special Counsel Park said, "This was a personnel move made through a private request and is unrelated to the suspected drone incursion." Former secretary Lim received a suspension of indictment based on the voluntary-reporting mitigation clause under the rebellion special counsel act.