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Eye of The Argus
Government and
Press Drove Chae Out
ByKimSu-young
EditorialConsultant
rosecutor General Chae Dong-wook suddenly offered to resign on Sept. 13. Chae’s announcement came
almost immediately after the Justice Ministry declared its intentions to investigate the top prosecutor over
reportsthathehasan11-year-oldillegitimateson.
This ministry’s investigation into the chief prosecutor is regarded as an unprecedented attempt to pressure an
official to retire. “I want to make it clear once again that the reports are groundless,” Chae said in a statement.
The vernacular conservative ‘Chosun Ilbo’ newspaper first reported that Chae had a lovechild on Sept. 6 which
Chaedenied.ItislamentablethatChaeresignedduringhistermforunconfirmedproblemsinhisprivatelife.Itis
doubtful that the conservative pro-government press is working with the government to drive prosecutor general
Chaefromhispost.ThereissomethingunusualsurroundingChae’sresignationandwehavetogettothebottomof
it.
It is not clear as to what prompted investigations into chief prosecutor Chae Dong-wook. He has already taken
stepsforimmediateresolutionsuchassendingafileforcorrectiontothecourtinoppositiontoareportfrom‘Chosun
Ilbo’whichaccusedhimofhavinganextramaritalson.Asidefromfilingthesuit,Chaeisalsolookingintotakinga
paternitytestassoonaspossibletoresolveanydoubt.
Who issued the instruction to investigate the top prosecutor behind the scenes? Even though the 54-year-old
womanidentifiedbyhersurnameLimsentalettertoliberalnewspaper‘Hankyoreh’later,‘ChosunIlbo’justwrote
anarticlewithoutevenconsideringLim’stestimonies.Whydidtheyfeeltheneedtoquicklypublishthisissue?They
shouldhavewaitedtowritethisreportaftercheckingtoseeifitwastrue.
After all, what we need to clarify is which national institution leaked groundless information regarding Chae’s
privatelifeto‘ChosunIlbo’andcausedsocialdislocation.MostpeoplethinkNationalInteiligenceService(NIS)is
deeplyinvolvedinthiscase.Yetthereisnotangibleevidence.Thuswhathastohavebeenresolvedimmediatelyis
whethertheNISwasinvolvedinthecase,nottheproblemofChae’sallegedillegitimateson.
Finally,thegovernmentmightrejoiceatdrivingChaeoutoftheprosecutor’soffice.AndtheBlueHousethatwas
unsatisfied with the prosecutor general ‘whom the Lee Myung-bak government designated’ might look forward to
aprosecutorgeneraldesignatedbytheParkGeun-hyegovernment.However,thiswouldnotonlybearegressionto
‘politicalprosecutor’butalsoanationalmisfortuneforthegovernment.
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