Embattled Seoul prosecution chief promoted in reshuffle at prosecution service
SEOUL, June 4 (Yonhap) -- Lee Sung-yoon, chief of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors Office, who has been indicted over abuse of power allegations, was appointed head of the Seoul High Prosecutors Office in a reshuffle at the prosecution service, the justice ministry said Friday.
Lee's promotion, in spite of accusations against him, is widely seen as part of the ministry's efforts to retain pro-government officials in important posts.
He was replaced by Lee Jung-soo, director of the justice ministry's prosecution bureau who is known to be close to Justice Minister Park Beom-kye.
Lee Sung-yoon is accused of exercising undue influence in 2019 to stop an inquiry into the allegedly illegal exit ban imposed on former Vice Justice Minister Kim Hak-ui who was under investigation over sexual misconduct allegations.
A whistle blower has claimed the travel ban enforced by the justice ministry did not follow due procedures and that Lee, then head of the Supreme Prosecutors Office's anti-corruption team, pressed investigators at the Suwon prosecutors office to drop the case.
Han Dong-hoon, a close aide to former Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-youl who resigned earlier this year amid feuds with the ministry, was appointed as vice president of the Institute of Justice, although Prosecutor General Kim Oh-soo is said to have requested that Han return to the prosecutors office.
The ministry made new appointments for a total of 41 senior prosecutors, which will go into effect next Friday.
jaeyeon.woo@yna.co.kr
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