[단독]If we endure, will the nuclear investigation team disband? Silence of Wolseong File Deleters

Officials of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, accused of deleting internal data related to the shutdown of the Wolseong nuclear power plant No. 1, are using a strategy to conceal the upper-level intervention as if locked. The prosecution interprets it as No Lim-soo expecting the dismantling of the nuclear power plant investigation team led by Daejeon District Attorney Doo-bong Lee at the Ministry of Justice’s regular greetings in January. Accordingly, the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office is also opening up the possibility of reinforcing the investigation team to speed up the investigation.

Comprehensive coverage of the JoongAng Ilbo, it was confirmed that Mr. A, the head of the Ministry of Industry, and Mr. B, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, did not cooperate with the newspaper investigation by the Daejeon District Prosecutor’s Office, Section 5 of the Daejeon District Prosecutor’s Office (Prosecutor Sang-Hyeon Lee), who asked the upper line that ordered the deletion of materials related to the shutdown of the Wolseong nuclear power plant.

On the 4th, the prosecution alleged that Director A and Clerk B had deleted 530 documents related to the early closure and immediate shutdown of Wolseong Unit 1 on December 1, last year, the day before the auditor’s inspection of the nuclear power plant. , Room intrusion, etc.) Afterwards, I intensively asked who was the upper line that ordered them to be deleted and what specific instructions were received, but “Whenever the story comes up, everyone locks in and answers the wrong answer.“It is.

They are said to have been asked to postpone the summons schedule before arrest or did not cooperate with the analysis of confiscated items. The prosecution indicted them on the 23rd. On the same day, the arrest warrant was requested, but the dismissed Director C was also prosecuted without custody. It was 48 days after the public investigation began with the seizure and search of the Ministry of Industry on the 5th of last month.

An official at the prosecution said, “Three government officials of the Ministry of Industry, including Director A, at the same time, seem to be aiming for the dismantling of the nuclear power plant investigation team in a situation where a large-scale personnel of the Ministry of Justice is expected due to the adjustment of prosecutors and police investigations in January next year.” This means that it will take into account the possibility of changing the investigation command line, such as Daejeon District Prosecutors’ Office Lee Du-bong and Daejeon District Prosecutors’ Office Sang-Hyun Lee Sang-hyun, the 5th criminal prosecutor.

The asylum at the level of the regime can also be a’corner of believing’. Prime Minister Jeong Sye-gyun visited the Ministry of Industry on the 25th of last month and encouraged him to “do not withdraw.” Justice Minister Choo Mi-ae ordered Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol to suspend his duties on the 24th of last month, the day after the Daejeon District Prosecutor’s Office reported the policy of requesting an arrest warrant for public officials of the Ministry of Industry. Attorney Yong-gu Lee, the lawyer of former Minister Baek, was appointed to the vice minister of the Ministry of Justice and led the “two months of honesty” severe disciplinary action against Yoon.

Based on the physical evidence, the prosecution plans to conduct a subpoena investigation of the former Minister of Industry, Baek Woon-gyu, and Korea Gas Corporation President Chae Hee-bong (former Blue House Industrial Policy Secretary), who have been named above. The prosecution continues to investigate whether the Blue House is involved in the process of instructing the Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) to close the Wolseong nuclear power plant early in 2018. On the 24th of last month, the prosecution had already conducted a digital forensic on a mobile phone for former Minister Baek.

There is also a theory of reinforcement of the investigation team in the form of dispatching prosecutors within the Daejeon District Prosecutor’s Office or other offices to investigate the upper line. A prosecution official said, “Considering the scale of the investigation, the current manpower is insufficient.” Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol, who has returned from honesty, is expected to decide whether to reinforce the investigation team sooner or later.

Reporter Jung Yujin [email protected]