Is it a coincidence that former President Moon Jae-in was given indictment without detention at this time, just before the South Korean presidential election?

On the 24th of this month, South Korean prosecutors indicted former President Moon Jae-in on bribery charges without detention. According to the prosecution, Moon engaged in bribery by the Communist Party, the largest opposition party at the time, during his presidency from 2018 to 2020.
In 2013, a former member of the Democratic Party of Korea National Assembly allegedly illegally employed his daughter's former husband as an executive officer at an airline company run by the former member of the Democratic Party of Korea, and provided him with salary and housing expenses. The South Korean president, who holds absolute power, is known for his actions while in office.
Among living presidents, former President Lee Myung-bak and his successor, former President Park Geun-hye, both served prison terms for bribery and other crimes.
Former President Yoon Seok-yeol is currently on trial, charged with treason. Will Moon follow the same path as his predecessors? However, Moon himself said, "The charges are absurd."
"I was angry," he said, expressing his anger and indicating his intention to file a criminal complaint against the prosecution.
It is suspected that in return for helping to install lawmaker Lee Sang-jik as chairman of a government agency, Moon had his daughter's former husband employed as an executive at a Thai airline owned by Lee.
Although he had no experience working in the aviation industry, he was hired as a managing director, but after joining the company, his duties were only auxiliary, such as sending and receiving e-mails.
The company paid a total of 217 million won (about 21 million yen) in salary and relocation expenses to Lee, and the news agency Yonhap News reported, "During the Moon administration, Lee was appointed chairman of the government-affiliated organization, the Small and Medium Enterprise Promotion Corporation.
The former husband was hired after that, and it appears that the prosecution has determined that the salary and housing expenses paid to the former husband by the company constituted a bribe."
Moon was given an indictment without detention for violating the Act on the Aggravated Punishment of Specific Crimes (bribery), but in response, he made a statement.
"This is a completely absurd and preposterous indictment," he said, adding, "I hope that this will not only reveal the truth in court, but also serve as an opportunity to shed light on how easily prosecutorial power is exercised and abused."
Following the impeachment of former President Yoon, South Korea will hold a presidential election on June 3rd. Opinion polls show that Lee Jong-un of the Democratic Party of Korea, to which Moon belongs, is the most suitable person to be the next president.
Former Chairman Lee Jae-myung is the clear leader in the approval ratings. The possibility of a change of government is growing, but the opposition party is angry that the prosecution's decision to indict Moon without detention at this time is "clear political retaliation."
Even after Moon steps down as president in 2022, he has many supporters within the opposition party, and one of Moon's closest aides, former South Gyeongsang Province Governor Kim Kyung-soo, has campaigned on the issue of "communism."
Following Moon's indictment without detention, Lee, the former chairman of the Democratic Party, made a statement through a spokesman for his campaign: "The prosecution is the last bastion of maintaining social order.
"We must put an end to the era of political prosecutors who abuse their power," he said. In South Korea, as soon as a new administration takes power, the investigation into the misconduct of the previous administration is strengthened, which is known as "political retaliation."
This has been repeated many times. Moon's predecessor, Park Geun-hye, and the president before that, Lee Myung-bak, both received prison sentences and served their sentences. Furthermore, the president before that, Roh Moo-hyun, committed suicide after being questioned by the prosecution.
Moon, who had been left unscathed until now despite rumors that he was being indicted, will now be brought to justice. South Korean prosecutors are often criticized for being politically biased.
There is something puzzling about this. The Jeonju District Prosecutors' Office indicted Moon, but the person in charge of the investigation, Park Young Ji-in, was promoted to the position of district prosecutor in the Yoon Seok-yeol administration's prosecutorial personnel changes.
Previously, he served as a Criminal Intelligence Planning Officer at the Supreme Prosecutors' Office, a key position. South Korean media has pointed out that Park is one of the prosecutors who are pro-Yoon Seok-yeol. Yoon was appointed as the head of the Supreme Prosecutors' Office in December last year.
Moon declared "emergency martial law" in the country, and the opposition party then impeached Yoon. On the 4th of this month, the Constitutional Court handed down its decision to remove Yoon from office, and he lost his job. Moon, who was indicted without detention, has not been able to file charges against him.
The prosecution has expressed the view that this is "retaliation for the impeachment of former President Yoon." Is there really some invisible force at work? However, the prosecution has been investigating since 2021 in response to a complaint from a civic group.
The Jeonju District Prosecutors' Office explained the reason for the indictment without detention, saying, "(Moon) did not respond to two requests to appear. President Moon requested a written investigation, so we sent him a questionnaire, but
"They also did not submit a response to this."