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Feel free to discuss the issue on the <a href="/wiki/Talk:Supreme_Prosecutors%27_Office_of_the_Republic_of_Korea" title="Talk:Supreme Prosecutors' Office of the Republic of Korea">talk page</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">July 2014</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox"><caption class="infobox-title" style="font-size: 125%;">Supreme Prosecutors' Office</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader">검찰청<br />Geomchalcheong</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Emblem_of_the_Prosecution_Service_of_Korea.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Emblem_of_the_Prosecution_Service_of_Korea.svg/175px-Emblem_of_the_Prosecution_Service_of_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="175" height="175" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Emblem_of_the_Prosecution_Service_of_Korea.svg/263px-Emblem_of_the_Prosecution_Service_of_Korea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Emblem_of_the_Prosecution_Service_of_Korea.svg/350px-Emblem_of_the_Prosecution_Service_of_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Emblem of the Office. The <a href="/wiki/Hangul" title="Hangul">Hangul</a> characters on the emblem read <i>Geomchal</i> (Prosecution)</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_South_Korean_Prosecution_Service.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Flag_of_South_Korean_Prosecution_Service.svg/220px-Flag_of_South_Korean_Prosecution_Service.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Flag_of_South_Korean_Prosecution_Service.svg/330px-Flag_of_South_Korean_Prosecution_Service.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Flag_of_South_Korean_Prosecution_Service.svg/440px-Flag_of_South_Korean_Prosecution_Service.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Flag</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef">Agency overview</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Formed</th><td class="infobox-data">1948</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Jurisdiction</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Government_of_South_Korea" title="Government of South Korea">Government of South Korea</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Seocho_District" title="Seocho District">Seocho, Seoul</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea">South Korea</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Agency executives</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;">Shim Woo-jung, <a href="/wiki/Prosecutor_General_of_South_Korea" title="Prosecutor General of South Korea">Prosecutor General</a></li><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;">Lee Jin-dong, Deputy Attorney General</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parent department</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Justice_(South_Korea)" title="Ministry of Justice (South Korea)">Ministry of Justice</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.spo.go.kr">spo.go.kr</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="infobox" style="width: 22em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader" style="font-size: 125%; color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de;">Supreme Prosecutors' Office of the Republic of Korea</td></tr><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Hangul" title="Hangul">Hangul</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display: inline; font-size: 1rem;"><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko-Hang">검찰청</span></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Hanja" title="Hanja">Hanja</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display: inline; font-size: 1rem;"><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko-Hani">檢察廳</span></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Revised_Romanization_of_Korean" title="Revised Romanization of Korean">Revised Romanization</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Revised Romanization of Korean transliteration"><i lang="ko-Latn">Geomchalcheong</i></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="/wiki/McCune%E2%80%93Reischauer" title="McCune–Reischauer">McCune–Reischauer</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="McCune–Reischauer transliteration"><i lang="ko-Latn">Kŏmch'alch'ŏng</i></span></td></tr><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Supreme Prosecutors' Office of the Republic of Korea</b> (<b>SPO</b>) is a governmental <a href="/wiki/Prosecutor" title="Prosecutor">prosecutor</a> organization in <a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea">South Korea</a> and is run under the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Justice_(South_Korea)" title="Ministry of Justice (South Korea)">Ministry of Justice</a>. As a national representative of prosecutors, the Office works with the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Korea" title="Supreme Court of Korea">Supreme Court of Korea</a> and below. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Organization">Organization</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Supreme_Prosecutors%27_Office_of_the_Republic_of_Korea&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Organization"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>It consists of: </p> <ul><li>Supreme Prosecutors' Office (대검찰청) ; executive agency that oversees the Korean Public Prosecutors' Office.</li> <li>High Prosecutors' Office (고등검찰청) ; composed of different District Prosecutors' Office (지방검찰청) <ul><li>Seoul High Prosecutors' Office <ul><li>Within <a href="/wiki/Seoul" title="Seoul">Seoul</a> : (Central District Prosecutors' Office; Eastern District Prosecutors' Office; Southern District Prosecutors' Office ; Northern District Prosecutors' Office; Western District Prosecutors' Office)</li> <li>District Prosecutors' Office of <a href="/wiki/Chuncheon" title="Chuncheon">Chuncheon</a> (District Office of <a href="/wiki/Gangneung" title="Gangneung">Gangneung</a>; District Office of <a href="/wiki/Sokcho" title="Sokcho">Sokcho</a>; District Office of <a href="/wiki/Wonju" title="Wonju">Wonju</a>; District Office of <a href="/wiki/Yeongwol_County" title="Yeongwol County">Yeongwol</a>)</li> <li>District Prosecutors' Office of <a href="/wiki/Uijeongbu" title="Uijeongbu">Uijeongbu</a> (District Office of <a href="/wiki/Goyang" title="Goyang">Goyang</a>; District Office of <a href="/wiki/Namyangju" title="Namyangju">Namyangju</a>)</li> <li>District Prosecutors' Office of <a href="/wiki/Incheon" title="Incheon">Incheon</a> (District Office of <a href="/wiki/Bucheon" title="Bucheon">Bucheon</a>)</li></ul></li> <li>Suwon High Prosecutors' Office <ul><li>District Prosecutors' Office of <a href="/wiki/Suwon" title="Suwon">Suwon</a> (District Office of <a href="/wiki/Seongnam" title="Seongnam">Seongnam</a>; District Office of <a href="/wiki/Anyang" title="Anyang">Anyang</a>; District Office of <a href="/wiki/Ansan" title="Ansan">Ansan</a>; District Office of <a href="/wiki/Pyeongtaek" title="Pyeongtaek">Pyeongtaek</a>; District Office of <a href="/wiki/Yeoju" title="Yeoju">Yeoju</a>)</li></ul></li> <li>Busan High Prosecutors' Office <ul><li>District Prosecutors' Office of <a href="/wiki/Busan" title="Busan">Busan</a> (Eastern District Office; Western District Office)</li> <li>District Prosecutors' Office of <a href="/wiki/Ulsan" title="Ulsan">Ulsan</a></li> <li>District Prosecutors' Office of <a href="/wiki/Changwon" title="Changwon">Changwon</a> (District Office of <a href="/wiki/Masan" title="Masan">Masan</a>; District Office of <a href="/wiki/Jinju" title="Jinju">Jinju</a>; District Office of <a href="/wiki/Miryang" title="Miryang">Miryang</a>; District Office of <a href="/wiki/Tongyeong" title="Tongyeong">Tongyeong</a>; District Office of <a href="/wiki/Geochang_County" title="Geochang County">Geochang</a>)</li></ul></li> <li>Daegu High Prosecutors' Office <ul><li>District Prosecutors' Office of <a href="/wiki/Daegu" title="Daegu">Daegu</a> (Western District Office; District Office of <a href="/wiki/Andong" title="Andong">Andong</a> ; District Office of <a href="/wiki/Gyeongju" title="Gyeongju">Gyeongju</a> ; District Office of <a href="/wiki/Yeongdeok_County" title="Yeongdeok County">Yeongdeok</a>; Branch Office of <a href="/wiki/Sangju" title="Sangju">Sangju</a>; District Office of <a href="/wiki/Uiseong_County" title="Uiseong County">Uiseong</a>; District Office of <a href="/wiki/Pohang" title="Pohang">Pohang</a>; District Office of <a href="/wiki/Gimcheon" title="Gimcheon">Gimcheon</a>)</li></ul></li> <li>Daejeon High Prosecutors' Office <ul><li>District Prosecutors' Office of <a href="/wiki/Daejeon" title="Daejeon">Daejeon</a> (District Office of <a href="/wiki/Hongseong_County" title="Hongseong County">Hongseong</a> ; Branch Office of <a href="/wiki/Gongju" title="Gongju">Gongju</a>; District Office of <a href="/wiki/Nonsan" title="Nonsan">Nonsan</a>; District Office of <a href="/wiki/Seosan" title="Seosan">Seosan</a>; District Office of <a href="/wiki/Cheonan" title="Cheonan">Cheonan</a>)</li> <li>District Prosecutors' Office of <a href="/wiki/Cheongju" title="Cheongju">Cheongju</a> (District Office of <a href="/wiki/Chungju" title="Chungju">Chungju</a>; Branch Office of <a href="/wiki/Yeongdong_County" title="Yeongdong County">Yeongdong</a>; District Office of <a href="/wiki/Jecheon" title="Jecheon">Jecheon</a>)</li></ul></li> <li>Gwangju Public Prosecutors' Office <ul><li>District Prosecutors' Office of <a href="/wiki/Gwangju" title="Gwangju">Gwangju</a> ( District Office of <a href="/wiki/Mokpo" title="Mokpo">Mokpo</a>; District Office of <a href="/wiki/Jangheung_County" title="Jangheung County">Jangheung</a>;Office of <a href="/wiki/Suncheon" title="Suncheon">Suncheon</a>;District Office of <a href="/wiki/Haenam_County" title="Haenam County">Haenam</a>)</li> <li>District Prosecutors' Office of <a href="/wiki/Jeonju" title="Jeonju">Jeonju</a> (District Office of <a href="/wiki/Gunsan" title="Gunsan">Gunsan</a>; District Office of <a href="/wiki/Jeongeup" title="Jeongeup">Jeongeup</a>; District Office of <a href="/wiki/Namwon" title="Namwon">Namwon</a>)</li> <li>District Prosecutors' Office of <a href="/wiki/Jeju_City" title="Jeju City">Jeju</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Controversies">Controversies</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Supreme_Prosecutors%27_Office_of_the_Republic_of_Korea&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Controversies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Since the latter half of the year 2010, the ruling political party in South Korea, the <a href="/wiki/Grand_National_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Grand National Party">Grand National Party</a>, has an uneasy stance with the budget issues and eventually generated severe disputes relating to corruptions and it contributed to criticisms against the Supreme Prosecutors' Office.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 13 January 2012, the Seoul High Court cleared one of the bribery charges against Han Myeong-sook.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Prosecutor_general">Prosecutor general</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Supreme_Prosecutors%27_Office_of_the_Republic_of_Korea&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Prosecutor general"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Prosecutor_General_of_South_Korea" title="Prosecutor General of South Korea">Prosecutor General of South Korea</a></div> <p>In 2011, a prosecutor general candidate, Han Sang-dae (한상대) was under investigation for his two incidents of false address registration and his participation of draft-dodging.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Civilian_inspections">Civilian inspections</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Supreme_Prosecutors%27_Office_of_the_Republic_of_Korea&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Civilian inspections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Supreme Prosecutors' Office is alleged for hypocritical actions that it poorly managed the investigation of the illegal political-level inspections towards civilian institutions in 2010, however restricted an episode of <a href="/wiki/Munhwa_Broadcasting_Corporation" title="Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation">MBC</a> PD Note about this incident.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Right-wing_political_policing">Right-wing political policing</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Supreme_Prosecutors%27_Office_of_the_Republic_of_Korea&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Right-wing political policing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The SPO under the <a href="/wiki/Lee_Myung-bak_government" class="mw-redirect" title="Lee Myung-bak government">Lee Myung-bak government</a> has right-wing political characteristics. There was a series of allegations of sabotages against the current non-partisan mayor, <a href="/wiki/Park_Won-soon" title="Park Won-soon">Park Won-soon</a>, by the SPO before the October 2011 election.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Politicians who had supported former president <a href="/wiki/Roh_Moo-hyun" title="Roh Moo-hyun">Roh Moo-hyun</a> also supported Park Won-soon under a unified intention to oppose the current SPO.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The SPO's investigations against <a href="/wiki/Han_Myeong-sook" title="Han Myeong-sook">Han Myeong-sook</a> has led to more controversy as the Seoul High Court has found her innocent twice in the row.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the SPO has immediately appealed the decision, citing 11 different counts of evidence. Amongst them were direct statements by Han man-ho that he paid her 900,000,000 won in illegal fund money, Han Myeong-sook's siblings usage 100,000,000 won checks, and 240,000,000 won in Mrs. Han's bank account that had a 'suspicious trail'. The SPO alleges that Han Myeong-sook's assistant was taking the fall to cover for her illegal activities.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sexual_favors">Sexual favors</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Supreme_Prosecutors%27_Office_of_the_Republic_of_Korea&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Sexual favors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In November 2012, it was alleged a 30-year-old trainee prosecutor, was found to have performed sexual acts in the office with the suspect in her 40s while questioning her over an alleged theft and other charges earlier that month. According to inspectors at the Supreme Public Prosecutors' Office (SPO) four days later, he took the woman to a nearby motel where they had sex. Jae-mong Jeon, the junior prosecutor, also a <a href="/wiki/Patent_attorney" title="Patent attorney">patent attorney</a> and a graduate of <a href="/wiki/Seoul_National_University" title="Seoul National University">Seoul National University</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Hanyang_Law_School&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hanyang Law School (page does not exist)">Hanyang Law School</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> claims the sex was consensual, according to investigators.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The incident has rocked the Korean Prosecutors Office to the core and resulted in a strong reprimand from the president and prompt resignation of the Chief Prosecutor. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="G20_summit_poster_incident">G20 summit poster incident</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Supreme_Prosecutors%27_Office_of_the_Republic_of_Korea&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: G20 summit poster incident"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Lee_Myung-bak_rat_poster_incident" title="Lee Myung-bak rat poster incident">Lee Myung-bak rat poster incident</a></div> <p>There was an incident where a university instructor, Park Jeong-su, vandalized a G-20 promotional poster by drawing a rat before the <a href="/wiki/2010_G-20_Seoul_summit" class="mw-redirect" title="2010 G-20 Seoul summit">2010 G-20 Seoul summit</a>. His prosecution by the SPO has exposed concerns that the SPO is politically leaned to serve the Lee Myung-bak government. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Impact">Impact</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Supreme_Prosecutors%27_Office_of_the_Republic_of_Korea&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Impact"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Baek_Hye-ryun" class="mw-redirect" title="Baek Hye-ryun">Baek Hye-ryun</a> (백혜련), the female district attorney of the Daegu District Public Prosecutor's Office, voluntarily resigned on 21 November 2011 as the SPO cannot officially maintain its political neutrality under the Lee Myung-bak government.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The former chief secretary to late President <a href="/wiki/Roh_Moo-hyun" title="Roh Moo-hyun">Roh Moo-hyun</a>, <a href="/wiki/Moon_Jae-in" title="Moon Jae-in">Moon Jae-in</a> suggested that the SPO's resistance against reformations during the previous Participation Government, in which it also succeeded as the spearhead of the right-wing Lee Myung-bak government, eventually contributed to the <i>unjust</i> investigations against Roh in 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Abuse_of_citizens">Abuse of citizens</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Supreme_Prosecutors%27_Office_of_the_Republic_of_Korea&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Abuse of citizens"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 26 October 2011, the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Seoul_Central_District_Court&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Seoul Central District Court (page does not exist)">Seoul Central District Court</a> appealed against the SPO for continuing an abusive investigation of a child sex abuse case; demanded the government to compensate the family members of the case in question.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Yoon_Seokyeol's_resignation"><span id="Yoon_Seokyeol.27s_resignation"></span>Yoon Seokyeol's resignation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Supreme_Prosecutors%27_Office_of_the_Republic_of_Korea&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Yoon Seokyeol's resignation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Yoon Suk-Yeol, who was <a href="/wiki/Moon_Jae-in" title="Moon Jae-in">Moon Jae-in</a> the government's second attorney general against major criminal investigation office of the promotion and resigned. He received public attention due to conflicts with the Ministry of Justice, disciplinary action against suspension of work and the court's decision to reject suspension of work. He has topped the presidential survey since his resignation.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Reputation">Reputation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Supreme_Prosecutors%27_Office_of_the_Republic_of_Korea&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Reputation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The 47.1% of South Korean disapproved the Supreme Prosecutors' Office and the credibility was scored low at 4 out of 10, According to the survey conducted in 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Overall general consensus amongst the Korean media rates the Prosecutors' Office of the Republic of Korea as having very low credibility. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Calls_for_reform">Calls for reform</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Supreme_Prosecutors%27_Office_of_the_Republic_of_Korea&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Calls for reform"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The power of the prosecutor’s office has been called into question recently with people expressing outrage over the multiple scandals that have occurred within the office and the relationship between the office and business conglomerates. President Moon has drafted prosecution reforms to redistribute some of the power given to the prosecutor's office. The reforms will give back some of the control of criminal investigations to police officers. The point of this would be to distribute the power in the criminal investigations and prevent the prosecutors from acting on behalf of business conglomerates. Another aspect of the reform would be to establish a task force that would investigate high-level corruption.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An issue Moon faced with the implementation of his policies was probing his newly appointed Justice Minister, Cho Kuk in 2019. Cho was given the responsibility of overseeing these reforms. The prosecutor’s office launched an investigation into Cho’s family, specifically looking into his wife and daughter. These investigators found that Cho’s daughter was gaining from her father’s status which is not seen as fraud but only a product of privilege. The pressures from the investigation became too much that Cho eventually stepped down from his position only six weeks later. The fate of these reforms is caught in the balance between the democratic party and the conservatives who have been backing the prosecutor's office. President Moon has continued to fight for the implementation of these reforms. In January 2020, Choo Mi-ae became the Justice Minister and worked alongside Moon to limit the prosecutor's office and get the reforms through the legislature.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Supreme_Prosecutors%27_Office_of_the_Republic_of_Korea&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Prosecutor_General_of_South_Korea" title="Prosecutor General of South Korea">Prosecutor General of South Korea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Justice_(South_Korea)" title="Ministry of Justice (South Korea)">Ministry of Justice (South Korea)</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 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Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2011/11/01/2011110101929.html">the original</a> on 3 June 2012<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.sojong.com/?lang=eng&location=member&body=mid5_detail_6">the original</a> on 3 March 2016.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Unknown&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sojong.com%2F%3Flang%3Deng%26location%3Dmember%26body%3Dmid5_detail_6&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASupreme+Prosecutors%27+Office+of+the+Republic+of+Korea" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20130126232833/http://koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2962826&cloc=joongangdaily%7Chome%7Cnewslist2">"Senior prosecutor resigns over sex scandal"</a>. 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