{{In Korea, the chief of a Seoul district prosecution office offered to resign Friday over a sex sandal involving a junior prosecutor, the latest in a series of incidents which have tarnished the elite law enforcement agency.}}<\/p>\n
The Supreme Prosecutors\u2019 Office launched an investigation into allegations that a trainee prosecutor performed sexual acts with a female suspect in his office during an interrogation after promising to clear her of charges.<\/p>\n
The incident comes as the prosecution office falls under growing criticism after prosecutors were ensnared in a series of incidents involving bribery, sexual harassment and verbal abuse of police officers. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe are conducting an inspection into the law school graduate who is currently working as a trainee prosecutor at the Seoul Eastern District Prosecutors\u2018 Office,\u201d said Lee Jun-ho, chief of the inspection team Thursday.<\/p>\n
Seok Dong-hyeon, chief of the Seoul Eastern District Prosecutors\u2019 Office, said Friday that he will step down from his post to take responsibility.<\/p>\n
The accused prosecutor, 30, whose name is withheld, was interrogating the 43-year-old woman without the presence of an inspector, which is against the law.<\/p>\n
The prosecutor also had sex with the woman at a nearby motel several days later, the inspectors said. <\/p>\n
The misconduct was revealed when the woman tipped off her lawyer, who then asked the prosecutor in charge of supervising him. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe two involved in the incident made a written agreement not to mention their inappropriate acts to anyone,\u201d said the lawyer.<\/p>\n
The trainee prosecutor was interrogating the woman on a Saturday because she said that was the only day she had available. According to a prosecution source, the acts happened by accident when he was placating her.<\/p>\n
The official also said the woman called the trainee several days later and they went to the motel together. She allegedly asked the trainee for 50 million won ($46,000) for a settlement. <\/p>\n
The inspection team plans to call in the prosecutor to question if he forcefully requested the sexual relations in exchange for favors.<\/p>\n
The sex scandal came after chief prosecutor Kim Kwang-jun who received around 900 million won from conman Cho Hee-pal and Eugene Group, a construction-based conglomerate, was arrested last week. <\/p>\n
Other prosecutors reportedly involved are being investigated by a special counsel team. <\/p>\n
Prosecutor-General Han Sang-dae apologized Thursday for the strings of immoral acts of his employees who are supposed to represent justice and protect the public. <\/p>\n
He convened a meeting on the same day with the heads of prosecutors\u2019 offices nationwide and discussed how to strengthen the self inspection and achieve the reform. <\/p>\n
The announcement for prosecutorial reform is expected to be unveiled before Dec. 7, earlier than previously thought, due to the latest sex scandal.<\/p>\n
However, the public cast doubt on the authority\u2019s promise for reform which has been pledged every time such scandals happened. Previous incidents include the \u201cBenz prosecutor\u201d case in 2011 in which a prosecutor was bribed with a Mercedec-Benz and a brand-name purse; the \u201csponsored prosecutors\u201d in 2010 in which a dozen prosecutors received sexual favors from a construction firm; and the \u201cGrandeur prosecutor\u201d who received a car and money in return for favors to a suspect in 2008. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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