Sung Young-hoon, 55, a legal expert whose 30-year career has encompassed stints as a district prosecutor, special investigator and attorney, was named to chair the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission.
He started his career as a public prosecutor for Busan District Office in 1986, and also worked as chief prosecutor of the Gwangju District Office, deputy minister for legal affairs at the Ministry of Justice and chief prosecutor of the Criminal Trial and Civil Litigation Department.
During Sung’s time at Special Investigation Department 2 of the Seoul Central District Office, he investigated education-related corruption cases, including the indictment of a former head of the state-run Education Broadcasting Station.
After leaving office in 2011, Sung worked as special counsel for local law firm Bae, Kim & Lee LLC.
(minsikyoon@heraldcorp.com)
