You Are Defended - Chapter 627



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Episode 627

In accordance with the Special Prosecutor Act, it was decided that the recommendation of three special prosecutor candidates would be handled by the Bar Association as we had originally planned.

The Bar Association, which was granted the authority to recommend, sent an official letter to each local bar association and other bar groups asking them to recommend suitable candidates.

Even though it is said to be under the jurisdiction of the Bar Association, if there is a lawyer that public opinion strongly wants, there is no reason not to nominate him as a candidate unless there are serious reasons for disqualification.

This was especially true in this case, as the entire nation was showing considerable support for the investigation and was closely monitoring it.

Perhaps because special prosecutors have experienced many situations in which they have become close to the subject of an investigation after the special investigation is over, public opinion also hoped that the special prosecutor would be someone they could acknowledge.

So it was quite natural for the people to discuss who was the right person for the job, regardless of the location.

[Isn’t Kwon Jae-rok okay? He has a long career and was investigated strongly during the investigation into the fraudulent accounting scandal in the past.

└ㄴㄴKwon Jae-rok I’m really close with the guys who are on the ledger right now. There are even old photos circulating. They’re not just close.

Lee Soo-han looks okay too

└Lee Soo-han has run for election without meeting the conditions

└Did Lee Su-han run for election?

└ㅇㅇGwangrobberyㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

Honestly, I think I have the answer. There is no one else but Cha Joo-han. Onodera has repeatedly mentioned that Ko Sang-jun is afraid of Cha Joo-han.

└Too young

└What kind of a jerk is this? ㅋㅋㅋㅋ How can a young guy like that lead a special investigation team? Even the dispatched prosecutors must have a lot of experience.

└He is a bit young, but he has a long career in terms of seniority. He is in his 29th class. There are 43 new recruits this year.

└ Among the 29th class celebrities, there is lawyer Bong Ki-seok (the uncle who appears in the divorce counseling program/known as Bong-byun). He is a class with quite a bit of experience.

└No, Bong-byun and Cha-ju-han are the same class?ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ They look like uncle and nephew

└The age difference isn’t that big, but isn’t it too much for an uncle and nephew? Apologize to Bongbyun.

The people listed on the ledger are widely distributed in the political world, so no matter how many experienced lawyers stand out, I can’t feel at ease.

└It’s hard to filter out the shit that Wooshin is spewing all over the place

└Even if you find a decent guy, there are always some disqualification reasons… and there are always some things that make you uncomfortable.

└Among the people who have spoken so far, the only one who has no qualms is Cha Ju-han (except for his age).

└Why is age secretly important?

└People who can investigate the situation vs. young people, try it, Dak-hooㅋㅋㅋ

Isn’t it a well-known fact that Lee Se-hwa put a lot of effort into recruiting Cha Joo-han? Violating fair investigation due to political affiliation?

└What the hell is this? You didn’t join the party, so in the end, Cha Joo-han broke Lee Se-hwaㅋㅋㅋ

└ Doesn’t that mean that you’re politically close to them, just because you didn’t join the party? Kang Min-jae from the same law firm is also Kang Kwan-woong’s grandson.

└This kid is so naive. It’s harder to find a Korean person, especially a lawyer, who is not politically minded. Have you ever seen anyone around you who is not politically minded? LOL

└No matter who takes on the role, there is bound to be a personal political bias, so the disqualification reasons are limited to those with party affiliation.

└If you work with Kang Min-jae, you unconditionally support the ruling party? Then, don’t you have any coworkers who support the Minwoo Party at your company? If you do, you would unconditionally support the Minwoo Party too? LOL What’s with your logical skills? LOL

Cha Joo-han is the one who barely survived despite Woo-shin’s efforts and all kinds of nonsense to get him to marry him, and even instilled fear in Ko Sang-jun. If being young was the only problem, wouldn’t he be worth entrusting? Lee Se-hwa also likes young people… and even the Chief of Civil Affairs is in his early 40s.

└Why is there no reason for disqualification for Cha Joo-han? He is the victim, lol. Can you call the victim’s investigation a fair investigation? If it were me, I would try my best to get it fixed.

└I don’t know for sure, but it is true that if a judge is the victim, it is grounds for disqualification. However, this does not apply to prosecutors.

└Why doesn’t it work?

└It’s long to explain, but all prosecutors are considered as one body. That’s why the order of obedience is so strict. In practice, it’s just a case reassignment, but legally, it’s not grounds for disqualification. There are already related precedents. Above all, the dump truck murder case is not included in the scope of the Special Prosecutor’s Act investigation. This is because the facts have already been revealed. Therefore, even if Attorney Cha Joo-han becomes a special prosecutor, he is not a victim of the investigation case.]

“how is it?”

I was reading website comments on the phone Kang Min-jae had handed me, and I looked into his eyes full of anticipation and asked him back.

“What’s the matter?”

“Last comment. I think you explained it well in an easy-to-understand way. The principle of the same inspection system. At this level, I don’t think people will be able to find fault with it, right?”

“Did Kang Byun write this comment?”

I asked, scanning the comments again.

Then Kang Min-jae opened his eyes wide and shouted.

“How did you know?!”

“There’s an edit button next to it.”

“Ah… … . But other people don’t know.”

“Doesn’t he seem like someone with a lot of knowledge about the subject? And everyone says he’s Cha Ju-han, but Kang Byun says he’s the only lawyer who’s Cha Ju-han.”

“Wouldn’t it just seem like someone in the legal profession who supports lawyers? Oh, or a law student.”

[└You’re really good at it, inspector?

└I guess he’s a prosecutor who quietly supports Cha Joo-hanㅋㅋㅋ

└Looking at the fact that he is supported by the inspectors, I guess Cha Joo-hwan is the right person for the job. It’s like the guys who are steeped in the order of obedience are acknowledging a young guy like him.

└Cha Ju-hwan n Cha Ju-han ㅇ]

In the meantime, a reply was posted to Kang Min-jae’s comment.

Kang Min-jae made an embarrassed expression, but soon turned off his phone screen, put it in his pocket, and shouted.

“But it went in a positive direction! You said that the lawyer was supported by the prosecutors!”

This isn’t the first time Kang Min-jae has posted a comment defending me while pretending to be someone I’m not.

Without even bothering to scold him, I turned away from him and quietly lit a cigarette.

“So far, there has been a lot of talk about the lawyer being a suitable candidate for special prosecutor.”

Kang Min-jae went on YouTube and searched for a video, then propped his phone up on an ashtray and started playing it.

“What is this?”

“This is the YouTube where Senior Bong’s interview was uploaded.”

If it’s Senior Bong, is it the lawyer with the nickname Bong-Byeon that was mentioned in the comments earlier?

I know he was in the same class as me at the training center, but I don’t remember him very well.

[(Q. Do you know that it’s hot these days because of the appointment of a special prosecutor?)

If you don’t know that, you’re a spy.

(Q. Do you know who the hottest one among them is?)

Oh, I see. Look at this. I understand why PD-nim suddenly asked to meet. Is it because of Attorney Cha Joo-han?

(Q. You were in the same class at the training center, right? The fact that you mentioned in passing that you were in the same class as Attorney Cha Ju-han is a hot topic these days!)

Oh, we’re not that close, but what if Attorney Cha Joo-han sees this and gets upset? I was just casually mentioning a famous person.

(Q. Still. Since Attorney Cha Ju-han is a young lawyer and there are no precedents of lawyers of his age being appointed as special prosecutors, it is said that it is unusual for him to be mentioned as a candidate.)

Well, let me start with the premise. I am not close with Attorney Cha Joo-han. But what I can tell you is, if I were to objectively judge him, leaving aside my opinion or anything like that… … If you leave the work to him, he would do a great job.

(Q. Why do you think so?)

First of all, there is no one who has not been knocked out by the lawyer in the mock trial. Of course, special prosecutors usually do not go to trial, but they can do it. The defendants will obviously appoint senior lawyers with tremendous legal experience as their defense attorneys, so I am looking forward to seeing what they will do.

(Q. Oh. Another reason?)

Also, did you know that Attorney Cha Joo-han was audited by the tax office a few years ago? People are bound to get dusty if you look at them. But it was surprising that no dust was found. Since he has a lot of income, he can save on taxes by deducting expenses. No, it’s ambiguous to call this a tax deduction. Should I just say it’s natural? But he didn’t do it and just paid all the taxes he earned. If he had deducted expenses, it would have been reduced by a factor of several.

(Q. Are you not materialistic?)

Well, where is there a person without materialism? And if they had no materialism at all, they wouldn’t have started a law firm, right? But I highly value the fact that they try not to use the so-called “shovels”.

(Q. I see. Well, I do feel like paying taxes is a waste.)

Also, the performance that Attorney Cha Ju-han has shown since his days as a prosecutor has been quite good. To be honest, I think there is no one like him. But everyone will admit this. Even if you dislike Attorney Cha Ju-han, you can’t criticize him for his skills.

I see his face throughout the video, but I don’t have any particular memories, and I don’t remember him being knocked out in a mock trial very well.

I know that Attorney Bong is saying nice things about me, but I feel embarrassed and uncomfortable listening to him.

I stubbed out my cigarette in the ashtray and asked Kang Min-jae.

“Why are you showing me this?”

“Oh, look at this more.”

At Kang Min-jae’s insistence, I turned my gaze back to the video.

[Oh, and there’s another important reason.

(Q. What is that?)

No, first of all, he’s handsome. There’s a saying that in some countries, people who would be celebrities are working in the fields. In our country, people who would be celebrities are lawyers. Isn’t this the rise of national prestige? This is an incident that even foreign media is paying attention to. Hahaha. Just kidding. Don’t edit it strangely!]

I sighed.

I was shocked that Kang Min-jae made me watch the video until the end even though I didn’t want to just tell him this.

“Why don’t you do interviews, lawyer?”

Kang Min-jae asked while checking the news clip videos.

“If you look here, people who are often mentioned by netizens have been interviewed. They said that they would work really hard if given the job of special prosecutor.”

Since my name was mentioned quite frequently, interview requests were pouring in from all directions.

I used the skills I learned from Choi Jong-hyun and Jo Bong-jun to put my phone into airplane mode and block their approach.

“There are already a lot of things to worry about when you’re young, so it’s better not to do things that might make you look excited. It’s better to look cautious.”

“You are really careful, aren’t you, sir?”

“So, in reality, if you are careful, but you receive an interview request and say, ‘If you leave it to me, I will work hard,’ it may seem like you are not careful.”

“That’s true. Anyway, it’s fortunate that public opinion is favorable. As for age resistance, well, since the president has been making such young appointments, it will be less than usual.”

In my previous life, the special prosecutor’s office was opened in 2018.

And at that time I was in my mid-40s.

I couldn’t become a special prosecutor because I was a prosecutor at the time, but if I had been a lawyer, I wouldn’t have been told that I couldn’t be a special prosecutor because of my age, even if I was told that I was a little young.

However, my life started much earlier than I had originally expected, and I ended up being too young to be a special prosecutor.

When I think about it, I feel like I’m looking at fifty now, ten years of my previous life plus more than four years of this life.

I can’t believe I’m being called a greenhorn.

* * *

A week after the President asked the Bar Association to recommend candidates for special prosecutor.

The Bar Association recommended three candidates for special prosecutor.

Kwon Hak-min, Seung Hyeon-jun, and Cha Ju-han.

The other two candidates recommended with me were, of course, my seniors.

I am one of those who passed the bar exam quite early for my age. We were in the 10th and 11th classes, but when you consider the age difference, we were 15 and 14 years apart.

None of them were subject to disqualification, and they had no notable acquaintances with the people involved in this incident, except that they were college classmates, had graduated from the same training center, or had worked at the same place.

However, as is the reality of the legal profession in our country, there is no way to avoid overlapping university alumni and training institute classes.

Because I was also a college classmate of most of them.

The only difference is that there is a difference in career paths, so there is no real contact with the people involved in the case.

The recommendation letters released by the Bar Association briefly described the information of the three candidates, and the two other candidates, excluding me, had very impressive careers.

Compared to the important titles such as Chief Prosecutor of the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office, Chief Prosecutor of the Branch Office, Chief Prosecutor of the District Prosecutors’ Office, and Chief of the Central Investigation Department of the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office, my career in the prosecution was extremely limited.

Perhaps conscious of this, he included various details about his career as a lawyer and included information about strong recommendations from public opinion and the Seoul Bar Association.

Two more days passed like that.

“Isn’t it about time for the presentation soon?!”

Kang Min-jae and Manager Oh turned on the office TV in an unusually flustered manner.

And then they dragged me out of my room and sat me down in the conference room, right in front of the TV.

When I turned it on, the news channel I was originally tuned to showed a podium with the symbol of the Blue House engraved on it.

Immediately afterwards, the Blue House spokesperson walked out and bowed his head in greeting.

[President Lee Se-hwa today appointed attorney Cha Ju-han as special prosecutor among the three special prosecutor candidates recommended by the Korean Bar Association. Cheong Wa Dae expects that special prosecutor Cha Ju-han will fairly and objectively investigate Woo Shin’s human trafficking and illegal lobbying allegations.]

“Wow! It’s a special prosecutor!”

When his name was called, Kang Min-jae threw the documents he was holding into the air and shouted for some unknown reason.

“Congratulations on your appointment as special prosecutor, Attorney.”

With the papers fluttering in the air, Manager Oh, who had managed to maintain his senses, suddenly stood up and extended his hand to me.

I had already been contacted before the announcement, so I wondered why, but I shook his hand.

“No. Now you are the special prosecutor. Congratulations, Special Prosecutor Cha Joo-han.”

Kang Min-jae also stood next to Manager Oh and extended his hand to me.

It was about the time when I let go of Chief Oh’s hand to respond to the handshake he had extended.

─Are you inside?

─I think so.

─Oh, don’t push!

─There’s no one at the desk, but is it really there?

─The lights are on.

At that moment, a noise was heard outside the office, as if a considerable number of people were murmuring.

Oh, the manager reflexively hid behind the conference room door and checked the entrance.

“The reporter… … .”

And then, Manager Oh trailed off with a bewildered expression.

Kang Min-jae also hid behind the door and checked the situation outside.

Then he turned his head towards me, who was sitting at the desk, and said.

“… … Isn’t that a bit much?”