Input 2021.02.09 00:42 | Revision 2021.02.09 01:00
According to the court on the 9th, Deputy Chief Judge Oh Se-yong of the Daejeon District Court in charge of warrants proceeded with a substantive examination of the warrant from 2:30 p.m. to 8:50 p.m. the previous day, and dismissed the arrest warrant at 0:41 a.m.
Chief Judge Oh said, “The crime in this case was that the suspect abused his authority as the Minister of Industry to make KHNP and its related persons do not obligated, and interfered with the work related to Wolseong Unit 1 of the above officials. “We are arguing that there is no fact of ordering to stop or manipulate economics.
At the same time, “In order to meet the constituent requirements for the crime of obstruction of the exercise of the right to abuse of authority under Article 123 of the Criminal Act, the fact that the public officials abused the authority and the fact that caused the person to do something without obligation must be proved. When interpreting and applying a crime against crime, the principle of strict interpretation and the principle of minimum infringement must be observed in accordance with the principle of criminal justice.”
Chief Judge Oh said, “However, it is not enough to say that the data submitted so far have been sufficient to clarify the suspect’s criminal charges, and there seems to be room for contention over the criminal charges, so it is guaranteed that the suspect can exercise his right of defense in the state of disability. I need to do it.”
“In addition, when the main reference person has already been detained, and the fact that it is difficult to conclude that the suspect is concerned about the destruction of evidence while the statements of related parties are secured, the necessity and considerableness of the arrest at this stage are insufficient.” Added.
Prior to the closure of Wolsong Unit 1, the former Minister Paik filed charges of unreasonably engaging in the economic evaluation of Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) at the time (interfering with the exercise of rights) and of interfering with the legitimate business of KHNP, the main body of the Wolseong nuclear power plant (obstruction of business). Are receiving.
According to the Prosecutors’ Office and the Board of Audit and Inspection, after receiving a report from the manager at the time of the Ministry of Industry’s governmental affairs (insecure prosecution) on April 3, 2018, after receiving a report of the need for a’temporary operation’ of Wolsong Unit 1, he rebuked’You will die’ and’immediately shut down’ You are accused of instructing you to write a report. Accordingly, it is reported that in order to implement the orders of Minister Baek, Manager Jung met with officials from Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) and the accounting firm in charge of the’economic evaluation’ and pressed that the results of the evaluation suitable for the suspension should be immediately released.
Earlier, the prosecution stated that “the intervention in lowering the economic feasibility of the Wolsong unit 1 was in accordance with the instructions of the former Minister” from three officials of the Ministry of Industry who were accused of deleting 530 internal data related to the Wolseong nuclear power plant 1 in December 2019. It is said that the statement has been secured.
On the other hand, the former Minister Baek attended the Daejeon District Court the day before the warrant examination and denied the allegations, saying, “The closure of the Wolseong nuclear power plant is a state affair with the highest priority for public safety, and the business was handled according to the principles of the time when he was in office.”
As the prosecution fails to secure the recruits of former Minister Baek, it is expected that a disruption in related investigations will be inevitable. In 2018, the prosecution planned to summon Chae Hee-bong, president of Korea Gas Corporation, who served as secretary for industrial policy at the Blue House in the near future.