Park Ji-won, head of the National Intelligence Service, attends the general meeting of the information committee held at the National Assembly on the morning of the 16th, and chats with the ruling and opposition parties. yunhap news
In 2009, during the Lee Myung-bak administration, the fact that the National Intelligence Service created and managed personal data of about 1,000 people including all 18 members of the National Assembly belatedly emerged as a political issue, largely because of the NIS”prolonged disclosure of information’. It means that if the Moon Jae-in administration had actively disclosed information from the early days of the Moon Jae-in administration, when the issue was first raised, it was possible to avoid getting caught up in the controversy over’election use’ by disclosing the information by being pushed to the Supreme Court ruling at the time of the by-election imminent. The request for the disclosure of the information file for the inspectorate managed by the NIS was initiated in earnest as the civic group’Give Me My File’ launched in October 2017 and launched a civil movement to disclose information. However, at the time, the NIS refused to disclose this information, saying, “It is related to national security or may expose the agency’s information capabilities.” Then, some of the applicants filed a lawsuit for the disclosure of information, and the Supreme Court accepted the request for’Give Me My File’ in November of last year and ruled that the NIS disclose the information of the inspectorate. National Intelligence Service Chief Park Ji-won, who took office in July last year, actively accepted the Supreme Court decision. Immediately after the Supreme Court’s ruling, the National Intelligence Service provided documents for inspectors stored internally to former Seoul Superintendent of Education Kwak Roh-hyun, and formed a separate task force to actively respond to requests for similar information disclosure in the future. In fact, the NIS sent out 63 illegal inspection information to the parties by registered mail in January after selecting the inspection information to be disclosed through a task force. During this process, controversy emerged as the fact that the National Intelligence Service, during the Lee Myung-bak administration, identified the trends of all 299 members of the 18th National Assembly in 2009, as well as journalists and entertainers. In the inspection records released by the National Intelligence Service to the Jeonbuk-do Superintendent Kim Seung-hwan, on December 16, 2009, the Blue House Civil Affairs Office delivered to the National Intelligence Service that “in order to assist President Lee Myung-bak and check the National Assembly, it is necessary to manage the personal data of the opposition lawmakers.” will be. On January 27, Kim Tae-nyeon, together with Democratic Party leader Kim Tae-yeon, stated in a document that the National Intelligence Service inspected Superintendent Kim Seung-hwan during the Lee Myung-bak administration, saying,’In 2009, the Blue House Civil Affairs Office requested the National Intelligence Service to manage personal information for all opposition lawmakers.’ There is content. If this is true, the Lee Myung-bak administration conducted a political inspection. We have to clarify each and every one of them,” he said publicly. With this opportunity, the Democratic Party began demanding the NIS to disclose information thoroughly and investigate the truth. However, there was also an opinion within the party that “it is ahead of the by-election, so to avoid political misunderstandings, it is desirable to raise issues after the April election.” The National Assembly Information Committee held a general meeting on the morning of the 16th and received reports from NIS Chief Park Ji-won and others about the allegations of illegal inspections by the NIS at the time of the Lee Myung-bak administration, but did not receive a separate list of documents related to the temple. Democratic Party lawmaker Kim Byung-ki, secretary of the ruling party of the intelligence committee, met with reporters after the morning meeting and said, “The NIS did not bring (list).” Previously, the NIS stated, “In the case of a request from a party to a document related to the National Assembly member, it will be handled in accordance with the relevant laws. It has been said. By Lee Ji-hye, staff reporter [email protected]