[2020 National Audit] Yoon Seok-yeol "No ability and no personnel authority... Never protected Han Dong-hoon"

[Asia Economy Reporter Baek Kyunghwan] Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol stated regarding the suspicion of collusion between prosecutors and media that "I have never protected Prosecutor Han Dong-hoon."

On the 22nd, at the National Assembly's Legislation and Judiciary Committee audit, Yoon said, "Various media outlets and influential figures within the ruling party are paying attention, but if Han Dong-hoon did something wrong, how could I possibly protect him?"

In particular, when Park Beom-gye of the Democratic Party mentioned, "Prosecutor Han is part of Yoon Seok-yeol's faction," Yoon retorted, "I neither have the ability to protect nor the personnel authority. Outside, people call me a figurehead Prosecutor General."

He also remarked, "I want to ask what has come out so far during the investigation of the Channel A case." Yoon revealed, "For the first six months after my appointment, I was able to lead investigations according to my convictions, but now the environment has become such that I cannot actively investigate any cases."