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“Sorry. I have to say this…”
“Oh no. Thank you for letting me know in advance. But are you sure? Is the Ministry of Justice moving to catch me?”
“yes. The Southern District Prosecutor’s Office has a motive from my training institute. I was contacted by a university senior at the Ministry of Justice, but he was puzzled. It was a secret order not to report to the upper ranks of the Southern District Prosecutor’s Office, but to report directly.”
The Chief Prosecutor was not mistaken. It is a fact that came directly from the mouth of the person who was instructed.
All kinds of thoughts swirled in my head.
Was the person to be sacrificed in the impeachment political situation related to him?
Is the prosecution taming members of the National Assembly in order to lead the flow of the general election? Did you choose yourself as a tool to tame the members of the National Assembly?
I shook my head.
Now, we need to find out who first, not why.
“Chief Jang. Do you know who the higher up is who gave this order?”
“sorry. I can’t figure it out until there. Since the Inspection Bureau of the Ministry of Justice started, the highest level you can know now is probably the Director of the Inspection Bureau.”
Did the Inspector General touch you?
Absolutely not.
Only the Minister of Justice or the Prosecutor General can target himself, the second person in Sunyang.
“Sorry what? thanks anyway I will never forget this Let’s have a drink of soju sometime.”
Lee Hak-jae hurriedly stood up.
You must quickly find the sword pointed at you and the person holding the hilt.
As soon as I broke up with manager Jang, I picked up my cell phone.
“Gather now. There is no exception. Meeting room… Oh no. Come outside. You know Gwanghwamun Japanese Restaurant? Thirty minutes later.”
Lee Hak-jae climbed into the waiting car and shouted at the driver.
“Gwanghwamun. It should arrive in 30 minutes.”
“yes.”
Lee Hak-jae’s sedan ran from Seocho-dong to Gwanghwamun.
When I opened the door to the Japanese restaurant and walked in, the owner came out and greeted me warmly.
“welcome. Manager.”
“Are the kids here?”
“yes. This way…”
As I walked quickly into the private room, my eyes were dark.
As if they had committed a sin, only the three men were waiting for Lee Hak-jae without making eye contact.
It’s embarrassing to use the plural of ‘kids’ when entering. It’s just three.
“Let’s sit down. and look straight into my eyes Are you guilty?”
As they quietly sat down on a chair, Lee Hak-jae drank from the cold water.
“What about the other kids? Didn’t you come because you didn’t know? Or did you know but didn’t come?”
“I’ve talked about it for a while…”
“You don’t want to come out because you’re not the upper house?”
“Oh no. Chief. He said he would get out of the way.”
“Take care…….”
It is true that I felt sorry for those who did not attend this event. But didn’t you let them go? Since they are great talents, I even asked them to take them with them and use them seriously.
Lee Hak-jae let out a sigh without even realizing it.
I understand.
He would have thought that he was a privileged class wielding tremendous power under him, but he was a salaryman anyway.
You have to follow the orders of the person who takes care of the high salary every month, and you have to keep an eye on it. Isn’t that how you get a raise and a promotion?
Now, the person to look out for has changed.
Campers and vibrators are their masters.
It’s been a while since I moved, so I’m going to have a good time.
When there were only three people who came running in one phone call, Lee Hak-jae realized that he was a flowing wave.
“Chief…”
Perhaps they felt sorry for Lee Hak-jae, who had a miserable expression, and even those who kept their loyalty had tears in their eyes.
“These bastards! Are you crazy? What are you doing? Could it be that you guys sympathize with me?”
“Oh no.”
Lee Hak-jae screamed and stood up.
“I have no intention of swearing at those who are not here. They made a wise choice. I was stupid when I called it like before, but you guys were stupid. I’m not your boss anymore, so I didn’t have to come out.”
Lee Hak-jae opened his wallet and placed a check for one million won on the table.
“Get some rice and go.”
Lee Hak-jae came out, ignoring the gaze that was looking at him.
The night wind in early March was still bitter.
“Fuck…. I’ll start after 49.”
* * *
“Brother. This isn’t serious. Rumors are circulating that he secured enough evidence to issue an arrest warrant.”
“Chief. I’m sorry, but there’s nothing I can do to help. The guys who pulled out the knife now are the core line of the prosecution. There are plenty of swordsmen who would jump at them without hesitation if it was their order.”
“Why don’t you go abroad for a while? It may be for the general election, so please come in when the election is over and quiet. At least three months.”
Director Lee Hak-jae was busy taking a step back from everyone he met.
“Chief. It is not like the Blue House right now. Impeachment must be stopped. At this time, when calling the Ministry of Justice or the prosecution, the headwind is not the only one. sorry. We will put out the fire that fell on our feet and contact you.”
Even the Blue House, which was expected last, turned away. Well, it’s natural that he can’t help when he thinks that he’s suffering from a more predicament than himself.
Lee Hak-jae loaded his tired body into the car.
“Go home.”
Shortly after the car started, the driver who kept glancing at the room mirror was annoying.
“hey. what are you doing? Why do you keep glancing at me?”
“Ah, that’s not the case, there was something that bothered me a few days ago. It seems to be following me.”
“tailing?”
I turned my head to look behind me, but there was no way I could tell which one was among the cars filling the road.
“They really are!”
Lee Hak-jae took out his cell phone. I’ve been patient, but there’s no way anymore. It could escalate into an all-out war, but the time has come to strike the other side. First, it is necessary to start with the Minister of Justice, who is clearly moving according to the direction of the head.
I hesitated a bit, but finally dialed the number.
When the signal was almost over, the other party answered the phone.
― Aigoo, Chief. I’ve been pissed off in the past.
“Minister. I will skip greetings. I can’t afford that.”
– yes? Oh yes. Chairman, you must have been through a lot of mental and physical pain while holding the funeral.
“You know everything, but you pretend. I won’t talk too long. Please stop.”
– yes? Bottomless, bottomless, what is that…?
“If you really don’t know, it means that you can’t cooperate with the inspector general, and if you pretend, you’ll understand what I’m saying.”
– The Inspector General?
“Be careful. If I open my mouth, my story will spread bigger than the impeachment of the president. If you can afford it, go ahead.”
Lee Hak-jae, who hung up the phone first, gritted his teeth. If you throw a lure like this, the person holding the hilt will reveal his face, not the blade.
However, the hilts appeared before the one holding the hilt. The place, of course, was in front of Lee Hak-jae’s house.
“Mr. Lee Hak-jae. Sorry for the late night, but please excuse me for a moment.”
Two men in suits and a man in jumpers.
Lee Hak-jae was full of energy.
The quick action of the Minister of Justice was not expected at all.
“Where did you come from?”
“This is the Central District Prosecutor’s Office’s Financial Investigation Department.”
“Has the Minister sent you?”
“Minister, I only see your face on TV. Even rank prosecutors like us just follow the director’s instructions.”
“Random companion?”
The two prosecutors grinned and said.
“You know, I won’t say anything. Let’s go.”
There is no way that the Minister of Justice is unaware that he is someone who will not be taken away quietly and cannot be. Obviously, follow-up actions were taken. Lee Hak-jae wanted to know that.
“What if you don’t like it?”
“A warrant judge is on standby. If Mr. Lee Hak-jae just goes into the house now, there will be a search warrant. The house will be ruined, will you be okay?”
“An arrest warrant is being prepared. A photojournalist is on standby at the prosecutor’s office. Can you afford it?”
A clear warning from the Minister of Justice came through the mouths of the rank and file prosecutors.
He returns exactly what he said.
Lee Hak-jae, who was glaring at the two average prosecutors, slowly opened his mouth.
“After I cleaned up, it was time to come home sooner. If you can finish it before midnight, follow me.”
“Just keep it simple. I promise you.”
“You must keep that promise. Or you will see with your own eyes that the prosecutor general’s slush fund bank account number will be published on the top of tomorrow’s newspaper.”
The Prosecutor General’s slush fund.
The impact of these words made the two swordsmen harden like ice.
“What are you doing? get on the road fast did you say It has to be finished before midnight.”
Chief Lee Hak-jae shouted at the prosecutors as if they were dealing with subordinates.
* * *
I sat in the interrogation room of the Central District Prosecutor’s Office, drank a glass of water, and waited for a while.
It’s an obvious trick, but it always works.
Especially when you don’t know why you were dragged in, it’s hard to endure that nervousness.
He came obediently to hear the reason why the Ministry of Justice drove him into a rabbit, but he couldn’t help but feel nervous as time passed by as he sat alone.
The man who opened the door to the interrogation room looked familiar.
“hello? Manager.”
“I’m not saying hello. But… who was it? Have you ever met him?”
“I met him at a dinner with the former president. I said hello, but it’s not to the extent that the manager will remember it.”
The business card he handed out read “Criminal Planning Division, Prosecutors’ Office, Ministry of Justice.”
“Prosecutor’s Office? You started out at the Inspection Bureau, but now you’ve mobilized the Prosecutors’ Office?”
“Rather than a specific department, it went all over the place. Could it be a kind of TFT?”
“Has my condition fallen to this point? To the extent that a manager, not even a director, sits in front of me?”
“Isn’t there a saying that you are a high school student when you leave home?”
when you get home?
It could be an expression that he lost his strength simply because the string of his sheep fell, but strangely, the word home came to him with a heavy weight.
“It is clear that the president’s sons acquiesce or agree.”
“Since Sunyang is not a charity, there is no reason to take care of the deceased. Ask no more. Because I don’t know the inside story of Sunyang.”
“Then tell me what you know.”
The head of the Criminal Planning Division put some papers on the table.
“There is a penthouse in Hong Kong under the name of the director’s child, a 15-story building in Seattle, USA, and a winery outside France… I guess this is a brewery. I just found out about this for the first time. I thought a winery meant something like a wine storage refrigerator. Anyway, this is only the known wealth, so if you dig more, overseas accounts will pour out, right?”
“Let’s talk about it after it pours out. And for overseas real estate, you just have to pay inheritance tax… Anything else?”
“It’s not just an inheritance tax. The money was siphoned off through Sunyang’s overseas corporation, and the foreign exchange management law and the embezzlement issue must also be considered. You know how to evade the law, so you know that an amount like this is a felony, right?”
Now that you know what the other hand is, you should sneak a peek at this one.
“If you’re thinking of putting me on the prosecutor’s office photo line, come on. Your superiors know what I’m going to say to the photo-line reporters. Reporters would be more interested in the words that come out of my mouth than overseas real estate, right?”
The head of the planning department shrugged with an exaggerated expression.
“You’re fucking bad. I know you didn’t intend to drive it to an exposition anyway. You’re hurting yourself, and you’ll endure it, but you’re covering the grave of not only the Sunyang Group but also the grave of the late Chairman Jin.
“Whether it’s a joke or not, we’ll have to wait and see……”
The cards that were intimidating the opponent confirmed each other.
Then you should also check how to fold the plate at this point. It started with swordsmen, so we have to listen to their demands.
“Once you’ve messed with me this far, it’s time to tell you what you really want. Didn’t you bring me to tell you that?”
While the head of the planning department hesitated, scratching his head, the door opened and a middle-aged man entered.
“Stop your high school days and go back home. Manager.”
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