Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit Charges Former Prosecutor Without Arrest for Leaking Investigation Data

A former prosecutor who helped a case official who was being investigated by the prosecutor's office to take pictures of investigation-related data has been put on trial.The

high-ranking government official's crime investigation office yesterday (5th) indicted a former prosecutor, identified only by his surname Park, without detention on charges of leaking official secrets.Former prosecutor

Park is accused of helping Jang, a food company executive, film several times of confiscated materials while investigating the "Sacheon Military Payment Corruption Bribery Case" as a member of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office in 2019.Mr.

is a person who filed a complaint with the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office that he used part of the embezzlement as a bribe for military payment while being investigated for stealing company money, and the prosecution indicted officials, including the chief of the military court and the chief of the Sacheon Police Station, based on the information.

In this regard, allegations arose that Jang leaked 170 pieces of investigative data under the acquiescence of former prosecutor Park while entering the prosecutor's office to be investigated by the National Assembly last year.

The Seoul High Prosecutor's Office, which launched a fact-finding investigation, was found to have indicted former prosecutor Park and Jang without detention on charges of violating the Personal Information Protection Act in September.