Yoo Sang-bum, a senior prosecutor at the Seoul District Prosecutors’ Office, announces the outcome of an investigation into a controversial presidential document on Jan. 5, 2014. The prosecution conluded that the document alleging a former aide to President Park Geun-hye tried to exert undue influence on state affairs was fabricated by a senior police officer. (Yonhap)
A presidential document claiming a former aide to President Park Geun-hye tried to exert undue influence on state affairs was fabricated by a senior police officer, prosecutors said Monday.
The document centers around allegations that Jeong Yun-hoe, who was President Park’s adviser before she was elected, pulled strings to try and replace the president’s current chief of staff, Kim Ki-choon.
Announcing the interim outcome of their probe, investigators at the Seoul District Prosecutors’ Office said that they have concluded that Supt. Park Kwan-cheon authored and leaked the document.
The document was then handed over to the president’s younger brother, Ji-man, who is also the chairman of EG Group, an electronic materials producer, under the orders of former presidential secretary Cho Eung-cheon.
Cho was indicted on charges of leaking confidential information, and violating the Presidential Records Management Act, prosecutors said. [Yonhap]
You can read more at the link, but considering how this document was intended to take out Jeong Yun-hoe it is pretty clear that he must have been still providing advice to the President which others around Park must not have liked.
