[단독] Cheonan re-investigation, the Ministry of Defense closed its mouth even after knowing at the end of last year

The President’s Direct Military Net Accident Investigation Committee (Investigation Committee) announced that it would investigate the facts of the Cheonan bombing incident. Notified to the Ministry of Defense in December of last yearIt was confirmed on the 2nd. Even after the Ministry of Defense received this fact, it remained silent for more than three months before the related report (JoongAng Ilbo, p. 12, April 1), and did not notify the surviving family members or surviving soldiers.
An official from the Census Committee told JoongAng Ilbo that day, “The decision to initiate the investigation is to be notified to the petitioner (Shin Sang-cheol, former member of the Cheonan Civil-Military Joint Investigation Group Democratic Party-recommended investigator) and the accused agency (Ministry of Defense).” “Last year, on December 18th, a decision was sent to the entire network civil service investigation team of the investigation headquarters of the Ministry of Defense.”Said. However, the Ministry of National Defense did not mention this fact, and when the incident emerged, it only revealed its principled position, “I trust the results of the investigation by the Civil-Military Joint Investigation Group regarding the Cheonan incident and have consistently expressed a consistent position.

On the other hand, former commissioner Shin, who filed a complaint, revealed the decision of the Criminal Committee that he received through a live broadcast of his YouTube account on the morning of the 2nd, insisting that “there is no legal flaw in the initiation of the investigation.” Even in the decision released by former Commissioner Shin, the agency to which the respondent belongs is the’Ministry of Defense’. In this regard, an official from the Criminalization Committee said “The respondent in the military suspicion case was the Minister of DefenseThat’s why it is supposed to be written like that,” he explained.

It is also noteworthy that the contents of the decision were reported to the Defense Minister Seo-wook and the Blue House. A military source said, “Even if it came in over the air, usually such a big issue must be reported to the minister.”In that case, it would have been reported to the Blue House National Security Office.On the afternoon of the 2nd, the Ministry of Defense insisted, “We have not been reported to the Minister, and we are sorry for this.”

Meanwhile, on the morning of the 2nd, the committee convened an emergency meeting on the morning of the 2nd, and unanimously dismissed the complaint against the Cheonan re-investigation. The Census Committee said, “There is no reason to believe that the true person is a person who has witnessed or heard of the incident directly from the person who witnessed it. He said, “I decided to dismiss according to the first issue).

By the way, The decision to commence the investigation also includes the same provisions and states that it does not fall under the cause of dismissal.Controversy is expected. A government official who requested anonymity criticized “I don’t believe that the same committee can make different decisions with the same provisions of the law,” and “I was quite amazed at the misinterpretation”.

This morning prior to the decision to dismiss the Investigation Committee Cheonan Ship 46 Soldiers Bereaved Association, Cheonan Ship Survivors Association, Cheonan Ship FoundationIssued a condemning statement on the decision to re-investigate. These are through a statement ▶Withdrawal of investigation decision and apology ▶Restoration of honor, such as the President and the government expressing their position, and receiving North Korea’s apology and expression of regret ▶Taking measures to prevent recurrence of defamation They asked for three things. He said, “If measures are not taken against the requirements, we will take all measures, including legal measures, to respond strongly.” In this regard, Choi Won-il, the captain of the Cheonan ship (reservation colonel), urged the Blue House on Facebook the previous day to “take measures until tomorrow (2nd).”

However, the Blue House has not disclosed any position until 2 pm on this day.

Reporters Sangjin Kim and Yonghan Park [email protected]