Police Refer Prosecutor's Alleged False Accusation Case Against President to CIO – Seoul Economic Daily

Case Linked to So-Called 'Salmon Drinking Party' Allegations Complainants Say Prosecutor Induced False Testimony
A case involving Park Sang-yong, a deputy chief prosecutor at the Incheon District Public Prosecution Office who was accused of falsely implicating President Lee Jae-myung, has been transferred from police to the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO).
Seoul's Yeongdeungpo Police Station referred the case against Park on charges of false accusation and abuse of authority to obstruct another person's exercise of rights to the CIO on the 6th, police said on the 14th. Under the current CIO law, crimes such as abuse of authority committed by high-ranking officials, including the president, judges and prosecutors, fall under the CIO's investigative jurisdiction.
The investigation began on Aug. 26, when civic groups including the Institute for Livelihood Economy and Voice of Seoul filed a complaint with the National Office of Investigation at the Korean National Police Agency.
The complaint named Park along with other individuals, including former President Yoon Suk-yeol. The alleged offenses include false accusation, abuse of authority to obstruct another person's exercise of rights, disclosure of official secrets and defamation under the Information and Communications Network Act.
At the heart of the complaint are the so-called "salmon drinking party" allegations, which claim that Park sought to win over Lee Hwa-young, a former vice governor of Gyeonggi Province for peace affairs, while investigating the Ssangbangwool cash transfer case to North Korea at the Suwon District Public Prosecution Office.
The complainants have alleged that Park induced false testimony from Lee, who was then in detention, by suggesting that bail and other measures would be possible only if Lee confessed in a way that cast Lee Jae-myung as the principal offender and himself as an accomplice.
Original reporting by Yang Jong-gon for Seoul Economic Daily.
AI-translated from Korean. Quotes from foreign sources are based on Korean-language reports and may not reflect exact original wording.
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