Prosecutor's Investigation Committee recommends not indicting Kim Kun-hee over alleged gift of designer bags (South Korea)

On the 6th, the Supreme Prosecutors' Office's Prosecutor's Investigation Committee announced that it had completed the investigation into allegations of President Yoon Seok-yeol's wife Kim Gun-hee receiving designer bags.
In particular, the investigation committee also recommended not to indict on the charges of ARRANGING bribery under the Act on Aggravated Specific Crimes and violation of the Lawyer Act, as instructed by Prosecutor General Lee Won-seok.
The prosecution's investigation is expected to come to an end with the release of the evidence and the decision to clear Mrs. Kim of all charges.
The committee members announced that they had deliberated the case and voted not to indict on all six charges.
Whether to indict or not for the cases (violation of the Prohibition of Solicitation of Substitutes Act, bribery, abuse of power, obstruction of the exercise of rights, and destruction of evidence) and the possibility of a decision on the ARRANGING of special additional laws and the legal doctrine of violation of the Attorneys Act in relation to the cases
The investigation committee deliberated whether to indict or not indict the case. The investigation committee decided to consider the opinion submitted by Pastor Choi Jae-yeon, who gave the designer bag to Mrs. Kim, and
After comprehensively reviewing the opinions of the investigation team and the defense, the court said, "We have decided not to indict Kim Kun-hee on all charges."
The investigation committee decided not to disclose how divided the opinions were on whether to indict or not.
According to the Supreme Prosecutors' Office regulations, the chief prosecutor must respect the deliberations of the investigation committee, and as a result, it is expected that he will soon make a final decision to clear Mrs. Kim of all charges.
The Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office said, "We will decide on the final punishment for Mrs. Kim after taking into consideration the decision of the investigation committee." The President's Office did not offer any separate opinion on the investigation committee's decision.
The Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office, which handled the case involving Kim's alleged gift of designer bags, set up a dedicated investigative team and, about four months after the investigation, found that Kim was not guilty of any crime.
After receiving the results of the investigation, on the 23rd of last month, President Lee announced that he would be taking responsibility for the Kim family's case, stating, "It is desirable to improve fairness and settle the matter so that no further exhausting controversy occurs."
It was referred to the Investigative Committee.