Kang Baek-sin, a prosecutor at the Daegu High Prosecutors' Office who led the investigation into the Daejang-dong and Wirye New Town corruption cases, has submitted his resignation.
According to legal sources on the 10th, Kang submitted his resignation letter to the Daegu High Prosecutors' Office this morning.
Kang is recognized as a leading prosecutor within the special investigations division. He participated in the special investigation team led by Park Young-soo that probed the corruption scandal during the Park Geun-hye administration and later handled investigations and prosecutions related to allegations against former Justice Minister Cho Kuk's family.
In 2022, he was appointed as the head of the Anti-Corruption Investigation Division 3 at the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office, where he co-led the 'Daejang-dong Phase 2 Investigation Team' with then-head of Anti-Corruption Investigation Division 1, Eom Hee-jun.
The investigation team probed corruption allegations related to the Daejang-dong and Wirye New Town developments, leading to the arrests and indictments of Kim Yong, former deputy head of the Democratic Research Institute, and Jeong Jin-sang, former head of the Democratic Party's Policy Coordination Office. They subsequently summoned Lee Jae-myung, then-leader of the Democratic Party, for questioning and indicted him on charges of breach of trust related to the Daejang-dong development project.
After moving to the Anti-Corruption Investigation Division 1 in 2023, Kang took on the role of head of the special investigation team for the 'election interference opinion manipulation case.'
Kang has publicly opposed prosecutorial reforms aimed at abolishing investigative powers. Following the passage of a government reorganization bill that included the abolition of the prosecution office last September, he posted a message stating, "This is not the abolition of the prosecution office, but the day of the abolition of the Constitution."
He also expressed discontent when his investigation was included in the National Assembly's inquiry into allegations of political prosecution under the Yoon Suk-yeol administration. During a National Assembly hearing in April, he argued that summoning prosecutors involved in ongoing cases, such as the Daejang-dong case, for questioning was intended to interfere with investigations or trials, stating, "This is unconstitutional and illegal."
* This article has been translated by AI.
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