On the 8th, an interrogation of the suspect before arrest against the former Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy, Baek Woon-gyu (57), who is accused of engaging in the operation of the economic evaluation of Wolseong nuclear power plant No. 1, will be held on the 8th.
On the afternoon of the 8th, the Daejeon District Law No.301 court is held before the arrest of the former Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Paik Woon-gyu. Reporter Shin Jin-ho
Prosecution, requesting warrant for allegations of abuse of authority or obstruction of business
The Deputy Chief Judge Oh Se-yong of the Warrant of the Daejeon District Court conducts a warrant deliberation on the warrant of Jeon Baek, who was requested for a preliminary arrest warrant in the Daejeon District Law 301 court at 2:30 pm on the charges of interfering with the exercise of ex officio abuse rights and obstructing business.
Before the shutdown of Wolseong nuclear power plant No. 1, former Minister Baek is under suspicion of improperly participating in the economic evaluation of Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) and obstructing the legitimate business of KHNP, the nuclear power plant operator.
Prosecutors said, “I gave unreasonable orders for the decision to close Wolseong Unit 1”
The prosecution believes that former Minister Baek used his position as a minister in the process of deciding to close Wolseong Unit 1 to give unfair instructions to officials of the Ministry of Industry. The prosecution’s judgment is that Baek’s decision to close Wolseong Unit 1 early before the external accounting firm’s economic feasibility evaluation prevented KHNP from finding other alternatives.
On the 25th of last month, former Minister Baek, who appeared and was investigated in the fifth part of the Daejeon District Prosecutor’s Office as a suspect, is known to have denied most of his charges.
A panoramic view of the Daejeon District Court where an interrogation (warrant substantive examination) of the suspect before arrest against the former Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy at 2:30 pm on the 8th is held. Reporter Shin Jin-ho
It is said that he denied the association with himself, saying, “I don’t know,” about the actions of public officials of the Ministry of Industry, who were confined and imprisoned for deletion of 530 nuclear-related materials (damage to public electronic records, violation of the Auditor Act, etc.). Former Minister Baek’s warrant was reviewed by Deputy Judge Oh Se-yong. Chief Judge Oh is a judge who arrested officials from the Ministry of Industry, who were requested for an arrest warrant for deleting materials related to the Wolseong nuclear power plant.
Two government officials of the Ministry of Industry who were arrested were also examined for warrants in the 301 court
On the 4th of last month, he arrested two of the three officials from the Ministry of Industry, who were requested for an arrest warrant for direct or indirect deletion of 530 documents related to the Wolseong nuclear power plant. At that time, the court where government officials of the Ministry of Industry were examined for warrants was Court 301, where the warrants were examined by former Minister Baek.
After securing the recruits of former Minister Baek, the prosecution plans to summon additional key officials such as Chae Hee-bong (55), President of Korea Gas Corporation (former Blue House Industrial Policy Secretary) and Jeong Jae-hoon (61), President Han Su-won. Inside and outside the prosecution, it is predicted that the investigation of the Wolseong nuclear power plant will gain momentum as Lee Doo-bong (57), the Daejeon District Prosecutor’s Office, will be retained from a high-ranking prosecutor held on the 7th.
Daejeon District Prosecutor’s Office 5th Criminal Division requested an arrest warrant in advance against the former Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Baek Woon-gyu, who is accused of engaging in the operation of the economic evaluation of Wolseong nuclear power plant No. 1 on the 4th. Reporter Shin Jin-ho
Meanwhile, the first trial of the three accused Ministry of Industry officials will be held on the 9th of next month. Initially, the first trial for them was scheduled to be held on the 26th of last month, but it was postponed for about a month as the prosecution sent an opinion to the court with the intention of’application for change of date’.
Daejeon = Reporter Shin Jinho [email protected]