Prosecutor General Nominee Nom An-seok on his way to work. Yonhap News. 

As the fallout from the "Daegong-dong appeal waiver" incident continues, acting Prosecutor General Nom An-seok (Judicial Research and Training Institute 29th class, Deputy Prosecutor General of the Supreme Prosecutors' Office) took a day of leave on the 11th.

It is understood that he is contemplating his position as responsibility for Nom's decision to waive the appeal in the Daegong-dong private developer case is spreading within the prosecution.

The aftermath of the Daegong-dong appeal waiver is spreading, with voices demanding his resignation emerging from prosecutors, starting with researchers at the Supreme Prosecutors' Office composed of junior prosecutors, then department heads at the level of chief prosecutors, and now even department chiefs of the Supreme Prosecutors' Office (prosecutor general level) among the staff.

The previous day, prosecutors general and heads of district prosecutor's offices also issued a joint statement demanding an official explanation from acting Prosecutor General Nom regarding the decision to waive the appeal. Professors at the Judicial Research and Training Institute, responsible for prosecutor education, also joined.

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