Judge Denies Special Prosecutor’s Request to Arrest Lawyer Linked to South Korean Online Opinion Rigging Scandal

Here is the latest developments in the Druking online opinion rigging scandal with links all the way back to the Blue House:

Park Sang-yung, a member of a special prosecutor team investigating an opinion rigging scandal, talks to reporters after arriving at the team’s office in Seoul on July 20, 2018. A court on the night before rejected the team’s request for a writ, the first by the special prosecutor, to arrest a lawyer implicated in the scandal, dealing a setback to the probe. (Yonhap)

A special counsel team sought an arrest warrant for a lawyer surnamed Do, 61, a key figure in the “opinion-rigging” scandal masterminded by an influential blogger who went by the nickname “Druking.”

Druking and his followers initially used software to boost the popularity of Moon Jae-in in the lead up to the presidential election last May, hoping their “successful months-long campaigning efforts” would be “rewarded.” But after Kim Kyoung-soo, Moon’s key aide and now governor of South Gyeongsang Province, dismissed the blogger’s recommendation to appoint Do as the consul general of Korea in Osaka, they used the same tools to disparage Moon. Do, one of seven members in the group of followers, is suspected of offering legal consultation as well as controlling the group’s activities overall.

The team led by special counsel Huh Ik-bum sought an arrest warrant for Do on charges of violating the Political Campaign Fund Law and destroying evidence. Assistant special counsel Park Sang-yong said the team believed Do helped Druking meet with Rep. Roh Hoe-chan, the floor leader of the minor opposition Justice Party, and gave him 50 million won ($48,000) in illicit campaign funds.  [Korea Times]

You can read more at the link, but a judge denied the prosecutors request to arrest Do:

A Seoul court on Thursday denied the special prosecutors’ request to arrest a lawyer linked to an opinion rigging scandal on charges he gave illegal political funds to a prominent opposition lawmaker.

The 61-year-old suspect, identified only by his surname, Do, is under suspicion of being involved in setting up a meeting between a political power blogger known as Druking and Rep. Roh Hoe-chan of the Justice Party in 2016 to deliver 50 million won (US$44,500) to Roh.  [Yonhap]

I have always figured that all the ruling party people linked to Druking would get off.  If the special prosecutor cannot even get a low level guy like this lawyer arrested, what chance does he have of arresting someone that is close friend of President Moon linked to this scandal?

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J6Junkie
J6Junkie
6 years ago

The special prosecutor is a joke when the Commie Moon government is covering their own ass from every angle.

flyingsword
6 years ago

leftist judge working with commie moon…no real surprise here

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