文 Thirty-year jiji also sang again…3 investigations aimed at speed

The speed of the prosecution’s investigation aimed at power was simultaneously accelerated. The ongoing investigation is ▶ Investigation of Suspicion of Ha Myung at the Blue House ▶ Suspicion of Suspicion of Wolseong Nuclear Power Plant Unit 1 Economic Evaluation and Manipulation ▶ Suspicion of illegal departure from former Vice Minister of Justice Kim Hak-eui. At the peak of these events is the’Blue House’.

The prosecution, who is investigating the suspicion of Ha Myung of the Blue House and the alleged intervention in the election of the Ulsan mayor, called the Ulsan Mayor Song Chul-ho again to investigate. Lee Jin-seok, head of the Blue House State Affairs Office (then Blue House Social Policy Secretary), who is suspected of helping Song’s election, was caught in prosecution.

The case started from suspicion that the Blue House systematically intervened in the election to win the election of Mayor Song, President Moon Jae-in’s 30-year keeper. In January of last year, the prosecution prosecuted 13 people, including Mayor Song, but did not make such progress for nearly a year. The decision to prosecute Lee, which has already been called and investigated several times, has also been postponed.

Only recently, the Seoul Central District Prosecutor’s Office, 2nd Department of Public Investigation (Director Sangdae Kwon) reported to the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office that he would prosecute him for violating the Public Official Election Act, seeing that he had illegally influenced the Ulsan mayoral election process in 2017. Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office Lee Seong-yoon, who had been cautious about five months after the investigation team reported the prosecution before being replaced by personnel in August, also agreed with the recent opinion of the prosecution.

Daejeon District Prosecutor’s Office (Director Sang-Hyun Lee), who is investigating the suspicion of manipulating the economic feasibility of Wolseong nuclear power plant No. 1, is also heading to the end of the investigation as Baek Un-gyu, former Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy has completed a summons investigation.

It is observed that the prosecution will skip the Korean Hydro & Nuclear Power Plant President Jeong Jae-hoon, one of the policy lines for the post-nuclear power plant, and investigate the former Minister Baek first, and then initiate an investigation into the Blue House, including Korea Gas Corporation President Chae Hee-bong (the then industrial policy secretary at the Blue House).

The prosecution plans to organize the list of prosecutions before March 9, the first trial date for the three officials of the Ministry of Industry, who were handed over to trial for direct or indirect involvement in the deletion of materials related to the nuclear power plant, and then continue to maintain the prosecution.

Suwon District Prosecutor’s Office (Director Jeong-seop Lee), who is investigating the suspicion of illegal departure (withdrawal) against Kim Hak-ei, has been confiscated and searched for the immigration and foreign policy headquarters of the Ministry of Justice for two days from the 21st. It is speeding up the investigation, such as conducting a reference investigation on two working-level staff.

Prosecutor Lee Gyu-won, who requested an emergency withdrawal by writing a false case number and internal company number to former Vice Minister Kim, and Lee Gwang-cheol, the Blue House Civil Administration Secretary (at the time, the senior administrative officer of the Civil Affairs Office) are also controversial. The opposition party has pointed out that they have deep friendships, such as working at the same law firm after becoming lawyers with the motivation of the Judicial Research and Training Institute (36th term).

In addition, Suwon District Prosecutors’ Anyang Branch investigated the allegations of former Vice Minister Kim’s ban on departure in March 2019, and discovered the illegal activities of the Ministry of Justice and the Supreme Prosecutor’s Office’s past photographic investigation team at that time. State. At that time, the head of the anti-corruption and strong prosecutors at the time was Lee Seong-yoon, the current Seoul Central District Prosecutor’s Office, who is classified as pro-government propensity.

An attorney from a prosecutor analyzed that “the relevant investigation will have to proceed before the high-ranking public officials criminal investigation department (aircraft department) is fully operational.” This is because Article 25, Paragraph 2 of the Airlifting Act stipulates that’if another investigative agency finds a crime of a high-ranking public official by a prosecutor, the case must be transferred to the airlift.’

Indeed, candidate Park Bum-gye at the National Assembly’s personnel hearing on the 25th said, “According to the Airborne Law, it would be correct to relocate in the current state.”

Reporters Kim Su-min and Kang Kwang-woo [email protected]