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Non-prosecutor appointed vice justice minister

President Moon Jae-in named Kang Sung-kook, a former judge, as new vice justice minister, said the Blue House Tuesday.

2021.7.13

A pitiful scapegoating

Police have wrapped up the investigation on former Vice Justice Minister Lee Yong-gu after five months of dragging its feet despite testimonies and evidence of Lee hurling insults and assaulting a cab driver in November. The...

2021.6.10

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Kang Il-gu, head of the anti-corruption department of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, announces Wednesday the outcome of the probe into former Vice Minister of Justice Lee Yong-gu's assault of a taxi driver and his subsequent cover-up attempt. [YONHAP]

Police accuse former vice justice minister of ordering evidence destruction

The police said Wednesday it will ask the prosecution to indict former Vice Minister of Justice Lee Yong-gu over a suspicion that he paid a victim of his assault to destroy the evidence.

2021.6.9

Punish all who knew

The black-box video recording of intoxicated Vice Justice Minister Lee Yong-gu hurling insults and assaulting the cab driver behind the wheels was released six months after the incident took place. It was shameful to see a senior...

2021.6.6

Vice Minister of Justice Lee Yong-gu on Tuesday enters the Ministry of Justice building. [NEWS1]

Vice minister admits pressuring cab driver to lie

Vice Minister of Justice Lee Yong-gu admitted that he unsuccessfully pressured a taxi driver to give a false statement to the police to get off the hook for an assault captured in gory detail on video.

2021.6.3

Vice justice minister throws in towel after continued assault allegations

Vice Minister of Justice Lee Yong-gu offered his resignation on Friday, after less than six months of being on the post, amid continuing suspicions that he had been let off the hook when he allegedly assaulted a taxi driver last year.

2021.5.28

Vice Minister of Justice Lee Yong-gu attends the Legislation and Judiciary Committee meeting at the National Assembly on Monday. [NEWS1]

Prosecution probes whether police turned a blind eye to vice minister

The prosecution has formally started a probe into whether the police had let Vice Justice Minister Lee Yong-gu off the hook when he allegedly assaulted a taxi driver last year.

2021.2.25

Vice Justice Minister Lee Yong-gu, right, who is in hot water over allegations of assault against a taxi driver, accompanies outgoing Justice Minister Choo Mi-ae out of the ministry's headquarters in Gwacheon, Gyeonggi on Monday. [YONHAP]

Police apologize for misleading public on alleged assault case

The National Police Agency issued an apology Monday for misleading the public about the existence of footage capturing Vice Justice Minister Lee Yong-gu allegedly assaulting a taxi driver in November.

2021.1.25

Unequal before the law

“All citizens are equal before the law,” says Article 11 of our Constitution. A country cannot be a law-abiding equal society if a lawyer, a former senior public official or someone who has power walks away without punishment...

2020.12.22

Vice Minister of Justice Lee Yong-gu leaves the ministry building on Wednesday after attending a hearing of the disciplinary committee that issued a two-month suspension against Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-youl. [YONHAP]

Vice minister in hot seat over altercation with taxi driver

Newly appointed Vice Minister of Justice Lee Yong-gu is facing snowballing public criticism that he was let off the hook after allegedly assaulting a taxi driver last month.

2020.12.21