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On December 24, Seoul Administrative Court accepted Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-youl’s request to delay the Justice Ministry’s decision to suspend him for two months. He submitted the request on December 17.
The Justice Ministry’s main reasons for the disciplinary action were Yoon’s order to write documents analyzing judges’ tendencies and obstructing an investigation into cases in which one of his aides communicated with a reporter.
The court said that the analysis over judgement inclinations was very inappropriate, but additional explanatory data is needed. It also added there is room for dispute over the inspection and investigation of the case involving his aide and the reporter, so sufficient hearing should be conducted in the main trial. Yoon’s inappropriate remarks and actions regarding political neutrality were not recognized as cause for disciplinary action. Yoon has been critical of the Moon administration’s efforts to reform the prosecution