Korean American pastor Choi Jae-young, heart, holds a press convention in entrance of Supreme Prosecutors’ Workplace in Seocho District, Seoul, Oct. 7. Yonhap
The Seoul Excessive Prosecutors Workplace has begun reexamining a decrease workplace’s determination to not indict first girl Kim Keon Hee over her acceptance of a luxurious bag from a Korean American pastor in 2012, officers mentioned Friday.
The workplace lately assigned the enchantment case to its prison division to evaluate whether or not the Seoul District Prosecutors Workplace’s determination was applicable and if a reinvestigation is critical, the officers mentioned.
Earlier this month, the district prosecutors workplace determined to not cost the primary girl over her receipt of a Dior purse price 3 million received ($2,187) and different costly gadgets from the pastor in 2022, concluding that the items weren’t given in trade for favors. The workplace additionally determined to not press associated fees towards President Yoon Suk Yeol.
Contesting the choice, Baek Eun-jong, head of the web information outlet Voice of Seoul, filed an enchantment, urging the prosecution to indict the presidential couple.
Korean American pastor Choi Jae-young gave the items to the primary girl at her workplace and secretly filmed the assembly with a hidden digital camera. The video was later revealed by Voice of Seoul, whose head subsequently filed a bribery grievance towards the presidential couple.
The excessive prosecutors workplace is unlikely to overturn the decrease workplace’s determination. (Yonhap)
