Investigation into’fake men of merit’ said to exclude son Hye-won and Kang Kyung-hwa’s wife

The Ministry of National Veterans Affairs announced on the 27th that it would screen out’fake people of merit’ by conducting a thorough investigation of the achievements of the independence merit within the year through the President’s New Year’s business report. If it turns out to be a fake merit, the Seohun is deprivedI will.

On the 27th, prior to the Presidential New Year’s business report by the Ministry of Veterans Affairs, Lee Nam-woo, deputy head of the Ministry of National Veterans Affairs, is speaking at a preliminary briefing held at the Seoul Regional Veterans Administration the day before. [연합뉴스]

The subjects of the survey were all Hun-ja (1565), before the Ministry of Veterans Affairs began awarding national merit in 1977, Personnel raised in the media Etc.

However, there is a controversy over the subject of this investigation. Politics or the media have raised various suspicions Rep. Son Hye-won’s father Son Yong-woo (1923-99) and Kang Kyung-hwa’s father-in-law Lee Ki-eul, former Yonsei University emeritus professor (1923-2020) decided not to investigate While doing.

On the other hand, people who are suspicious of’fake liberation army’ from members of the Liberation Association Kim Won-woong’s parents, Kim Geun-soo (1912-92) and Jeon Wol-soon (1923-2009), were included in the survey.Confirmed.

In this regard, an official from the Ministry of Veterans Affairs said, “This investigation focused on revealing false achievements or pro-Japanese activities that were not revealed at the time of the award, and the cases raised by the media are mainly related to pro-Japanese.” In the case of President Kim Won-woong’s parents, the National Assembly also raised a problem, so re-investigationI decided to do it,” he explained.

President Moon Jae-in is conferring a founding memorial service to Son’s father, Son Yong-woo, to Son’s spouse Kim Gyeong-hee at the 73rd Liberation Day and 70th anniversary celebrations held at the National Museum of Korea on August 15, 2018. [뉴스1]

Congressman Son’s father, Son Yong-woo, was controversial when he received the Founding Medal of Love on Liberation Day in 2018. In the case of Mr. Son Left-wing experience, including members of the Korean Communist PartyThis is because there has been a history of being eliminated in all six veterans screenings since 1982.

As the current government eased the standards, the application was accepted, and there were suspicions that Son met then Veterans Minister Phi Woo-jin before re-examination. In a recent court, the chief of the Veterans Affairs Office was sentenced to imprisonment (6 months in prison and 2 years probation) for falsely reporting the relevant facts to the National Assembly.

Professor Ki-eul Lee, the father-in-law of Minister Kang, also became a national merit by lowering the screening criteria by the Veterans Affairs Office. Professor Lee Inadequate to the standard of ‘3 months in prison’In the past, he was not even eligible for screening, but only received awards in July of last year.

Prof. Lee was arrested in 1941 in the case of the’Joongang High School 5 People’s Reading Association’, but was released after one month and 20 days after being suspended from prosecution. When the news of the award was announced, some people even raised a preferential rumor, “Isn’t he writing a chance to be a daughter-in-law?” Also in this process, Professor Lee Some claim that the Japanese military was not conscripteddid.

Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha is speaking at the Preparatory Committee of the 3rd United Nations Peacekeeping Ministers’ Meeting held at the Seoul Ministry of Foreign Affairs office on the 25th. [연합뉴스]

The Ministry of Veterans Affairs is planning to establish a’special advisory committee’ for this investigation. only, Plans to not disclose the list of advisorsto be. An official from the Ministry of Veterans Affairs said, “As there is a lot of controversy, the members may feel burdened,” he said. “The special advisory committee composed of elder scholars will review more carefully than awards.” He said, “We will receive enough opinions by listening to the callings of the parties.”

Separately, the Veterans Affairs Office in this report “We will further ease the screening criteria for independent merit”Said altitude. Deputy Veteran Minister Lee Nam-woo explained at a briefing on the 26th, “There are often insufficient records for public evaluation based on the records 100 years ago,” and “the purpose of rewarding as many people as possible.” It was also said that it would be mainly medical doctors and women’s independence activists.

Meanwhile, the Ministry of Veterans Affairs said, “We are pushing ahead with the schedule of the Kazakh President’s visit to Korea, which was delayed due to the situation of a novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19).”

Deputy General Manager Ahn Jung-geun responded to questions related to the discovery of the remains of Dr. Ahn Jung-geun, saying, “It would be best if a joint project was carried out with North Korea (to draw cooperation from the Chinese authorities). “I have.”

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