Lee confers appointment certificates on serious crime investigation chief, new ministers
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President Lee Jae Myung, left, and Kim Ji-yong, the inaugural chief of the Serious Crime Investigation Agency, pose for a photo during an appointment ceremony at Cheong Wa Dae, Monday. Courtesy of Presidential office
President Lee Jae Myung on Monday conferred certificates of appointment on the chief of a new serious crime investigation body, the finance and defense ministers and others.
Seven minister-level officials, including Kim Ji-yong, the inaugural chief of the Serious Crime Investigation Agency, received the documents in a ceremony at Cheong Wa Dae, presidential spokesperson Kang Yu-jung said.
The others included Finance Minister Lee Hyoung-il, Defense Minister Kang Shin-chul, Land Minister Hong Jee-sun and Song Doo-hwan, chair of the special investigation committee for the 2022 deadly crowd crush in Seoul’s Itaewon district, Kang said.
