Regarding First Lady Kim Keon-hee, who was indicted on charges of selling government posts and was sentenced to seven years in prison in the first trial, Minister of the Ministry of Justice Jung Sung-ho called it "a warning that public office must not be reduced to a transaction" and "a judgment on the political prosecutors who read the power's mood and issued no-charge decisions."
On the 27th on Facebook, the Minister said, "From the Van Cleef necklace and the gold turtle to the 'Dior bag bribe' that political prosecutors under the past Yoon Suk-yeol administration took the lead in granting a free pass to, every single count without exception resulted in a guilty verdict."
He added, "Because of a handful of political prosecutors who sold their souls to power, today's prosecution has found itself facing dismantlement," and criticized that "they drove public trust in judicial justice down to the basement, making even normal public deliberation over criminal justice reform difficult."
The Minister said, "(The prosecution) must reflect on the harm it has inflicted on society and engage in deep remorse," and added, "At the same time, through the special counsel investigation now underway, it must also bear responsibility commensurate with the grave wrongs it committed."
Finally, the Minister said, "To regain the public's trust, the prosecution must make its own stronger efforts for change and innovation," adding, "The Ministry of Justice will work only for the people and do its utmost so that the ultimate beneficiaries of criminal justice reform are also the people."