Im Eun-jung, the new head of the Seoul Eastern District Prosecutors' Office, stated on the 6th that she would fulfill the role of a 'funeral director' who concludes an era for the prosecution.
Prosecutor Im made these remarks while sharing her thoughts on her first day at work on Facebook that afternoon.
She said, “I appeared as a witness for the fact-finding investigation group that was launched due to Prosecutor Seo Ji-hyun's Me Too movement in February 2018, and if things had been properly corrected back then, the wave of prosecutorial reform would not have hit us so fiercely.”
Prosecutor Im continued, “I wanted to be a doctor who fixes the prosecution, but I’ve long thought that, with my limited abilities, I would become a funeral director who oversees the prosecution’s funeral. I believe that concluding one era well opens the door to a new era, so I see the role of a funeral director as a very heavy responsibility, and I am prepared to handle it well.”
She noted that the prosecutors at the Eastern District Office had resolved to file a class-action lawsuit against the upper management of the prosecution, stating, “Although the pressure from the Prosecutor General's Office, such as personnel disadvantages, was severe and ultimately suppressed, I thought that with the DNA of resolve, it might be possible here (at the Eastern District Office).”