President Lee Jae Myung on Friday accepted the resignation of performing Prosecutor Common Noh Man-seok, the presidential workplace mentioned, amid an inside feud over the prosecution’s resolution to not enchantment a high-profile corruption case.
Lee permitted Noh’s dismissal, presidential spokesperson Kim Nam-jun informed reporters, two days after Noh tendered his resignation.
Noh supplied to step down after prosecutors determined to not enchantment towards a corruption case involving an actual property growth mission in Seongnam, simply south of Seoul, from when Lee was town’s main.
The choice to not enchantment the case earlier than final Friday’s deadline has sparked sturdy pushback from throughout the ranks of prosecutors, elevating suspicions that the justice ministry exerted undue stress to forestall the prosecution from lodging the enchantment in Lee’s favor.
Noh gave no rationalization for the prosecution’s controversial resolution throughout his retirement ceremony earlier within the day.
The justice ministry appointed Koo Ja-hyeon, chief of the Seoul Excessive Prosecutors Workplace, as new deputy prosecutor normal. Koo succeeds Noh’s place in an performing capability, with the prosecution in search of to keep away from a management vacuum amid the mounting controversy.
“I’m taking over a heavy accountability throughout a tough time,” Koo informed reporters. “I’ll faithfully perform my duties, putting a high precedence on making certain the steadiness of the prosecution.”
