Prosecutor General Lee One-seok speaks to reporters on his way to work at the Supreme Prosecutors' Office in Seoul, Monday. Yonhap Feud deepens between prosecutor general, probe team in charge of Kim Keon Hee's case By Kwak Yeon-soo Prosecutor General Lee One-seok said, Monday, he believes there was "preferential treatment" in the prosecution’s Saturday questioning of first lady Kim Keon Hee over her luxury handbag scandal and alleged involvement in a stock manipulation case. He admitted that holding the questioning behind closed doors outside the prosecutors’ office undermines the rule of law and apologized to the public for this lapse.
The questioning of the first lady highlighted a significant clash between the top prosecutor and the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office, as the prosecutor general was kept in the dark about the interrogation until 10 hours after it had begun. “Since taking office, I have repeatedly said the law does not favor the rich and powerful. I have said there are no exceptions, preferential treatment or sanctuary before the law, but these principles were not observed in the questioning of the president’s wife.
I deeply apologize to the citizens,” Lee told reporters on his way to work. His remarks came after the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office, responsible for the investigation, questioned Kim in person over the weekend at a government building instead of the prosecutor’s office. This decision, apparently made for safe.