Ministry of National Defense to Appoint Special Prosecutor for Investigation into Death of Air Force NCO in Sexual Harassment Case

On the morning of the 9th, the Joint Investigation Team of the Ministry of National Defense announced the interim investigation results regarding the death of an Air Force non-commissioned officer who was a victim of sexual harassment. This is a view of the memorial for the late Sergeant Lee Mo set up at the Armed Forces Capital Hospital in Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do.
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[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jun-yi] The Ministry of National Defense is reportedly planning to urgently appoint a special prosecutor to the joint investigation team handling the investigation into the death of an Air Force non-commissioned officer who was a victim of sexual harassment.

According to military sources on the 13th, the Ministry of National Defense is understood to be planning to appoint Colonel Go Min-sook (Jin), the head of the Naval Headquarters Prosecutor's Office, as a special prosecutor under the leadership of Prosecutor General Choi Kwang-hyuk, who leads the joint investigation team.

The appointment is expected to take place as early as this week.

Colonel Go is known as the Navy's first female legal officer and the first female colonel to be promoted, and this appointment appears to take into account the fact that this case involves a sexual harassment death. It is also interpreted as a measure to make up for recent criticisms of the military prosecution's 'investigation delays.'