South Korean opposition party strongly opposes prosecutors' abandonment of appeal in Daejang-dong case: ”Impeach the justice minister and investigate the involvement of the presidential office.”

On the 9th, South Korea's largest opposition party, the People Power Party, revealed the senior officials who ordered the prosecution to abandon its appeal against the defendants who were sentenced to prison in the first trial for the Daejang-dong development fraud case.
Members of the National Assembly's Legislation and Judiciary Committee, who are members of the party, held a press conference at the National Assembly on the same day and declared, "The order to abandon the appeal is an abuse of power and a dereliction of duty."
The top leadership, who submitted to the brutal power of the party government, ultimately sealed off the investigation into the Daejang-dong crimes that had reached President Lee,” the committee members said.
"This is an issue that should be investigated. Justice Minister Jeong Seong-ho should be impeached," he said, stressing that "a clear investigation should be conducted into whether the presidential office was involved or if the president gave instructions."
He added, "We will request that Chairperson of the Justice and Judiciary Committee, Choo Mi-ae, hold a general meeting tomorrow to interrogate the urgent pending issue." He added, "We will also immediately disclose the circumstances under which the order to abandon the appeal was given, and
After the press conference, lawmaker Na Kyung-won of the same party said, "The Minister of Justice and the Ministry of Justice officials who were involved in the unjustified order to abandon the appeal in this case should be thoroughly investigated."
We call for an immediate investigation by the Office of Investigation into Crimes by High-Ranking Officials into all those involved in the presidential office, including senior officials." Chief Spokesperson Choi Bo-yoon said in a commentary, "The person ultimately responsible for the decision to abandon the appeal is the law enforcement agency.
"The Minister and the prosecutorial leadership. The People's Power Party regards this incident as a government-level interference in the judiciary and a setback to justice, and will uncover the full details through parliamentary hearings and a national investigation," the statement said.
"Despite the investigation team's strong insistence on an appeal, the decision by the prosecutors and the Ministry of Justice to overturn it is in line with the wishes of political power," Choi said.
The person in charge is not the Seoul Central District Prosecutor, but the higher-ups who ordered the ban on appeals." Lee Dong-hoon, chief spokesman for the New Reform Party, also commented, "Were all of these decisions really the will of the president?
"Can you say that this is unrelated to the situation?" Lee said, "The decision to abandon the appeal was made under pressure from those in power, and if the president was behind it, it is an impeachable offense."
He emphasized, "We will investigate all those responsible for the decision to abandon the appeal and hold them accountable to the end for the loss to the national treasury and judicial monopoly."
Prior to this, the prosecution announced on the 7th that it had sentenced Kim Man-bae, a private businessman who was sentenced to prison for the Daejang-dong development fraud case,
The prosecutors' office, including the Supreme Prosecutors' Office, had initially planned to appeal, but the Ministry of Justice expressed the opinion that an appeal was unnecessary, and after discussions, the decision was made to abandon the appeal.
The investigation team protested, claiming that they were unable to appeal due to unfair instructions from higher-ups.