South Korean Attorney General: ``If we stop investigating Lee Jae-myung because he committed suicide, there will be people who do what he does.''

Han Dong-hoon, head of the Ministry of Justice, was asked to issue a restraining warrant for Lee Jae-myung, the representative of South Korea's opposition Democratic Party, who fasted and was hospitalized.
Officials emphasized their position that the investigation should continue in accordance with principles. Minister Han met with reporters before attending a plenary session of the National Assembly on the 18th, and when asked a related question, answered, ``The suspect who was being investigated fasted and self-isolated.''
"We must not create a case where the judicial system is suspended just because someone has caused harm," he said, adding, "If that happens, won't there be people who will try to imitate it in the future?"
Minister Han also said, ``This is the first time I have seen people start fasting after receiving a summons notice from the prosecution.In the past, powerful people committed crimes and fasted to avoid punishment.''
・There were many cases in which people were hospitalized,'' he said, ``but they were not successful.'' ``In the past, when politicians fasted, it was clear why they were doing it, and they explained it well.''
However, he himself has not been able to properly explain the purpose of this fasting," adding, "The Democratic Party also knows that it has no merit, and is trying to dismiss the prime minister as if it would grab anything it could get its hands on and throw it." ,
It seems like he keeps making unrelated talks about mass resignation and impeachment." In response to Lee's assertion that his health was extremely deteriorating and there was no need to detain him, he said, ``If you think about it that way, it could be a case of theft or fraud.''
"If the person who was arrested fasted, no one would be detained," he said, adding, "The fact that the person himself created such a situation after being notified of the summons should be fully taken into consideration (in the warrant review)." .
The Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office today investigated allegations of fraud in the Baekhyeon-dong development project (breach of trust under the law regarding aggravated punishment for specified economic crimes), false accusations against prosecutors in an election law trial, and abetment of perjury.
A warrant of arrest was filed against Lee on charges including bribery from a third party. Lee, who was on his 19th day of fasting, was rushed to the hospital this morning due to a sudden deterioration in his health.