'Phoenix of the Prosecution' Im Eun-jeong: "If I Had Known It Was an IQ Test..."

Prosecutor Im Eun-jung, Interview on Kim Eo-jun's News Factory
"Received a Call Confirming Eligibility and Held a Celebration Party"

"Hello? Even if the factory manager is fired, Im Eun-jeong will not be fired. I am Im Eun-jeong, the phoenix of the prosecution."

Im Eun-jeong, the chief prosecutor of Daegu District Prosecutors' Office, appeared on the January 3rd episode of 'Kim Eo-jun's Humility is Difficult News Factory' and shared her feelings about passing the Ministry of Justice's 'Prosecutor Qualification Review Committee.' While there were views that this was a move to force her out of her prosecutor position as she is known as a whistleblower within the prosecution, she received a qualification notification.

Im Eun-jeong explained, "The day before yesterday, I was having a meal with special defense attorneys when I received a phone call notifying me of my qualification, and the meal turned into a celebration party."

Chief Prosecutor Im Eun-jeong is attending the Prosecutor Qualification Review Committee held at the Ministry of Justice in Gwacheon on the 2nd.
[Photo by Yonhap News]

Im Eun-jeong said she had planned to file a recusation if someone she had previously reported internally was appointed as a committee member. She also counterattacked by mentioning the past records of the review committee members.

Im Eun-jeong also shared the process leading up to receiving the qualification decision. She said, "On January 3rd, when I went to the prosecutor's office, I was notified that I was subject to an in-depth review and was told to undergo psychological testing." She then questioned, "They might think I look strange in front of weird people, but the strange ones are not me, it's them."

Im Eun-jeong explained, "I went to take the test, and suddenly they made me do mental arithmetic and match pictures. At my age, I’m not suffering from dementia, so I was a bit upset and took the test half-heartedly, but it turned out to be an IQ test."

She added, "At my age, they kept making me do mental arithmetic, and I was wondering why they kept making me do it. I was a bit angry, but if I had known it was an IQ test, I would have tried a little harder."

When asked about her IQ results, Im Eun-jeong responded, "Still, I probably scored higher than the prosecutors who drink every day."

Regarding her future plans, Im Eun-jeong said the following.

"There are many people who criticize from outside, but it really hurts when you criticize from inside. Also, since I use internal materials, it seems less painful to live as former prosecutor Im Eun-jeong or as National Assembly member Im Eun-jeong rather than as prosecutor Im Eun-jeong. I think they want to push me out, but the more they do that, the more I should be filling Im Eun-jeong’s cabinet from inside, shouldn’t I?"