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| Justice Minister Choo Mi-ae responds to the inquiries of lawmakers at the plenary meeting of the Legislative Judicial Council held at the National Assembly in Yeouido, Seoul on the morning of the 8th. 2021.1.8/News1 © News1 Reporter Shin Woong-soo |
When Justice Minister Choo Mi-ae said, “The quarantine authorities wanted to see the trend,” the quarantine authorities blocked the blaze of responsible battles. Minister Chu’s remarks were not directed to the quarantine authorities, but rather to explain the difference between the positions of the Ministry of Justice and Seoul.
Minister Chu said at a general meeting of the National Assembly Legislative and Judicial Committee on the previous day (8th), “The Ministry of Justice requested a full examination on December 14 last year when one prisoner was first confirmed with a novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19). He said, “I asked for a thorough inspection,” he said. “I respected the judgment because the quarantine authorities asked to do a thorough investigation while watching the trend.
Minister Chu’s remarks are in a situation where the fire of the Dongbu Detention Center’s responsible battle can be spattered by the quarantine authorities.
Previously, the Ministry of Justice and the Seoul Metropolitan Government held a responsible battle for collective infection in Dongbu Detention Center.
The Ministry of Justice raised the need for a full inspection of prisoners when one confirmed prisoner occurred on the 14th, as explained by Minister Chu on December 29 last year, but the Seoul Metropolitan Government and Songpa-gu at the time responded that “there is no great significance” and did not conduct a full inspection until the 16th Claimed to have agreed.
In response, the Seoul Metropolitan Government expressed regret to the Ministry of Justice. The Seoul Metropolitan Government said, “It is a matter that four institutions determine the scope of the test based on whether or not there is a patient, and it is not a structure in which Seoul and Songpa-gu can arbitrarily determine the direction of quarantine, as the Ministry of Justice argued.” Refuted.
It is explained that the city of Seoul has decided to conduct inspections from prisoners who are likely to come into contact with the entire staff and to discuss the schedule for full inspections later.
Sook-young Lim, head of the Central Defense Countermeasure Headquarters, explained at a regular briefing on the 9th that Minister Chu’s remarks were about the difference in position between the Ministry of Justice and Seoul at the time of the full inspection.
Director Lim said, “The words Minister Chu said were not new, and were announced together by the Ministry of Justice on December 29th last year, when the Ministry of Justice made an announcement regarding the Eastern Detention Center,” he said. “I know the city’s position at the time was somewhat different.”
The controversy over responsible battles that have tied the Ministry of Justice, Seoul Metropolitan Government and Bangdaebon is expected to be concluded only when the results of an epidemiological investigation by a joint investigation team related to group infection in Dongbu Detention Center come out.
The joint investigation team is investigating and analyzing whether the full-scale examination was an important factor, and whether the spread has increased in the process of not properly separating close contacts in the detention center.
Director Lim said, “The Ministry of Justice and Bang Dae-bon formed a joint investigation team on the case of group infection in the Eastern Detention Center and are investigating it.” “There was a problem with the facility factors, environmental factors and various behavioral factors within them. “I will analyze the risk factors and evaluate them comprehensively.”
On the other hand, according to Bang Dae-bon, 3 additional confirmed patients related to the Songpa-gu correctional facility at the beginning of 0 o’clock on this day resulted in a total of 1180 cumulative confirmed cases. Here, 12 people confirmed in the 7th total test are scheduled to be reflected in statistics on the 10th, including 1192 cumulative confirmed cases.