Cheong Wa Dae: "Additional vetting underway for Kim Ji-yong, nominee for head of the Serious Crime Investigation Agency—we are carefully reviewing the matter"

[Financial News] Kang Yoo-jung, senior press secretary to Cheong Wa Dae, said on the 19th that "the matter is being carefully reviewed" regarding the additional vetting of attorney Kim Ji-yong, who was nominated as the head of the Serious Crime Investigation Agency.
Appearing on Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) radio that day, Kang responded to the host's question, "When will the issue of nominating a head of the Serious Crime Investigation Agency be resolved?" She said, "I understand that additional vetting is still underway. It is still difficult to say when this will be completed," and added that the matter was being carefully reviewed.
Kang noted, "Many people have been saying various things about Kim," adding, "We are conducting additional vetting on that matter as well, without overlooking what they have said."

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