Before the by-election of Seoul and Busan mayors in April, passports are raising the suspicion of inspectors by the National Intelligence Service during the Lee Myung-bak (MB) regime, which was more than 10 years later, as a key political issue. It is suspected that a wide range of inspections, including all 299 members of the 18th National Assembly, was conducted under the direction of the Blue House of the Lee Myung-bak administration.
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It was none other than the NIS that ignited this issue properly. Until now, the documents obtained by the parties who were victims of the investigation by the National Intelligence Service of the Lee Myung-bak administration through information disclosure applications were occasionally disclosed.
However, on the 8th, a media report on the remarks of a high-ranking NIS official that “detailed personal information of all 299 members of the 18th ruling and opposition lawmakers is kept in the form of documents, and we directly confirmed the existence of the documents.” A high-ranking NIS official said, “The time of writing the document is estimated to be after September 2009, during the time of the MB government’s Kwon Jae-jin, the Blue House Civil Affairs Chief. It was reported to have done. It was too specific and unusual for a statement from an incumbent NIS official.
The NIS is officially in the position that “there is no confirmation of the entire list and contents of the trend grasp documents reported in the media.” However, internally, the atmosphere is that the MB government has written the temple document.
Bright in the circumstances of the NIS A high-ranking government official said in a call with the JoongAng Ilbo on the 10th, “It seems that the inspection records of all members of the National Assembly at the time exist, and it is not possible to accurately confirm the extent of the inspection targets right now.”He confirmed this position.
The official said, “At the time, the NIS inspection was conducted under the direction of the Blue House of the MB government, and it is clear that the NIS kept related documents.” but He said, “I know that the chief of the National Intelligence Service, Park Ji-won, instructed not to open the inspection documents until there is an official request in accordance with legal procedures.”It was also called.
- It is known that the subject of the temple is vast.
- “There are at least 299 members of the 18th parliamentary and opposition parties. I am not sure how far the subject is, but there are estimates. Some say it’s 20,000, but that’s only an estimate. But I don’t think there are a few.”
- Was the National Intelligence Service’s temple an order of MB Blue House?
- “Former Seoul City Superintendent Kwak Roh-Hyun and Jeonbuk Superintendent Kim Seung-hwan requested the disclosure of information on his temple through the Supreme Court, and as a result, he received actual documents. In the document, a passage appears, saying,’The temple was built under the direction of the Blue House.’
- Is the document confirmed by the NIS?
- “It is confirmed that the temple was conducted under the direction of the MB Blue House, and the document is still kept. However, I have not yet taken out all the actual documents and checked them.”
- Are you planning to release the temple documents?
- “People who are subject to the inspection may request information disclosure in accordance with the law. Or, if more than two-thirds of the resolution is voted by the National Assembly Information Committee, the NIS is required to disclose it according to legal procedures. When the disclosure is decided, the actual inspection documents are delivered to the parties.”
National Intelligence Service Chief Park Ji-won (right) and Blue House National Security Office Chief Seo Hoon attended the Central Integrated Defense Conference on the 3rd and are talking. The NIS is reviewing the disclosure of documents known to have taken place during the days of former President Lee Myung-bak. yunhap news
Currently, 8 out of 12 members of the National Assembly’s intelligence committee belong to the Democratic Party. The ruling party alone can request the disclosure of temple documents. In addition, 29 of the 299 members of the 18th National Assembly who were subject to the temple were incumbent in the 21st National Assembly. Former lawmakers can also request information disclosure.
This official “It will be a very volatile event,” he said. “It could be expanded to a very complex matter.”Said.
If’National Intelligence Service Moon Jae-in’ ignited this issue, the Democratic Party is playing the role of making it a political issue. It is said that related discussions are taking place centering on Democratic Party leader Kim Tae-yeon, who is also an information member.
A resolution at the level of the intelligence committee is underway, urging the NIS to reveal the details of the temple itself, and a method for requesting information disclosure is also being sought.
Together with Democratic Party leader Kim Tae-nyeon, everyone is speaking at the Supreme Council’s meeting held at the National Assembly in Yeouido, Seoul on the 10th. Won Nae Kim said in his phone call to the National Intelligence Service that “the country could be overturned.” News 1
In a call to the JoongAng Ilbo on the day, Kim Tae-nyeon, head of the house, said, “It is something that could turn the country upside down,” and asked, “How can we go over such a matter without making a public request?”
- How do you see this issue?
- “This is a case where at least 900 people have entered the temple. Moreover, it is the case that the national intelligence agency inspected the members of the National Assembly. This is by no means a small thing.”
- How does the disclosure process work?
- “Once, we need to make a request for disclosure at the information level. However, this is’once’. In the future, if the scope and background of the temple are confirmed, it is expected that the entire party should respond if necessary.”
- There are also claims that there was an instruction from the Blue House of MB.
- “It is a priority to check the facts, but if it is confirmed that the NIS inspection was carried out due to MB’s instructions, it is recognized as a serious situation that could expand into a new additional crime against the former President.”
National Intelligence Service Chief Park Ji-won will attend the National Assembly Information Committee on the 16th and report on the relevant documents. A government official said, “Because the decision to disclose the documents has not been made yet, it is unlikely that it will be possible to accurately disclose what documents are there.” .
The opposition notes that controversy arose when only two months left for the election. The opposition personnel who are bright in the situation on the MB side to the JoongAng Ilbo “Due to seeing the attempt to bring this issue to the fore at this point, I cannot erase the suspicion that the political intent is underneath.” “Isn’t it aimed at the pro-incarnation who was in a key position?”
Former President Lee Myung-bak is talking with Park Hyeong-jun, then head of the Blue House. Central photo
In particular, Professor Park Hyung-joon of Dong-A University, who is ranked first in various public opinion polls related to the Busan Mayor’s election, is classified as a representative’MB Man’ who served as the chief political officer and social security at MB Blue House. He was serving as the head of political affairs at the Blue House in 2009 when it was estimated that the NIS temple document was created. Also, candidates Na Gyeong-won and Oh Se-hoon, who ran for the mayor of Seoul, were closer to MB than former President Park Geun-hye.
Prof. Park said in a statement released on the 9th, “Prior to the election, I think it is a political offensive card that was taken out for election purposes.”
An official from the MB side said, “Even though it is the information gathering activity that the NIS of all governments has been doing, we are concerned that it will try to overturn it as if only the NIS was wrong.” The official said, “There is a possibility that the so-called’respective data’ information accumulated by successive NIS could be driven as if only the MB government had collected it.”
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