■Prosecutors who lost the power of the investigation
Inevitable disruption to the identification of’hypocrisy’
檢 “Chae Hee-bong is summoned as scheduled”
Possibility to face criticism of regime shake
The theory of responsibility for the president of the president seems to be highlighted.
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The arrest warrant for the former Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Baek Un-gyu, who was accused of being involved in the economic evaluation and manipulation of Wolseong Nuclear Power Plant Unit 1, was dismissed. The prosecution’s investigation to determine whether the Blue House and other superiors were involved due to the failure to secure recruits by the former Minister Baek was put to a standstill.
Deputy Judge Oh Se-yong of the Daejeon District Court in charge of warrants dismissed the arrest warrant at 0:40 on the 9th after conducting an interrogation of the suspect before arrest (substantial examination of the warrant) against Minister Baek. Deputy Judge Oh said, “It is not enough to say that the allegations of the crime have been sufficiently fulfilled, and there seems to be room for contention over the allegations of crime,” he said.
He added, “It is difficult to conclude that there is a risk of destruction of evidence because the main reference person has already been detained and the statements of officials have been secured,” he said. “To put this together, the necessity and substantiality of arrest at this stage are insufficient.”
Previously, the 5th Detective Division of the Daejeon District Prosecutor’s Office (Director Sang-Hyeon Lee) said that the secretary of Baek gave unreasonable instructions to the government officials of the Ministry of Industry in the course of work related to the Wolseong nuclear power plant, and allegedly obstructed the exercise of ex officio abuse rights in the arrest warrant. In addition, the allegation of obstruction was put on the arrest warrant, claiming that it interfered with the legitimate work of Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP), the main body of the Wolseong nuclear power plant.
It was reported that Baek had previously denied most of his charges in an investigation by the prosecution. It is known that he also said that he did not know about the actions of three officials from the Ministry of Industry, who were charged with the deletion of 530 data related to the nuclear power plant and are about to be tried.
With the dismissal of the arrest warrant of former Minister Baek, it is expected that the prosecution’s investigation of the top ranks such as the Blue House will be disrupted. The prosecution has picked former Minister Baek as a key person to prove whether or not the breath of superiors such as the Blue House worked in the process of evaluating the economic feasibility of the Wolseong nuclear power plant Unit 1.
The prosecution is expected to receive fierce criticism from the passport, which has insisted, “Stop excessive political investigations on government policies immediately,” for “it was an unreasonable warrant request.” The Daejeon District Prosecutor’s Office released a brief official response, saying, “It is difficult to understand the reason for the dismissal of the warrant, but we plan to investigate more thoroughly.”
It is expected that the prosecution will analyze the reasons for dismissing the arrest warrant of the former Minister Baek and consider whether to reclaim the request. The prosecution said that the president of Korea Gas Corporation Chae Hee-bong (former Cheong Wa Dae industrial policy secretary) would be summoned and investigated as scheduled.
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■’Invisible hand’ investigation braking… Will the truth be buried like this
It is evaluated that the prosecution’s investigation into the suspicion of the 1st Wolseong nuclear power plant hit a big wall as the court dismissed the arrest warrant for the former Minister Baek. This is because Baek failed in the arrest investigation and failed to secure a’link’ to expand the scope of the investigation to the upper line, such as the Blue House.
Former Minister Baek was the minister in charge of the ministry at the time the evaluation report was made, stating that the economic feasibility of the 1st Wolseong nuclear power plant was low. Therefore, from the prosecution’s point of view, it was selected as a key figure to prove whether the’invisible hand’ such as the Blue House worked. However, on this day, as the securing of recruits for former Minister Baek was unsuccessful, a revision was inevitable in the plan of’to aim at the sword of the investigation with the upper line of the Blue House. In addition, he was in a position to face the criticism of the ruling party of the government, saying,’We started to shake the government through an irresistible investigation.
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◇檢, couldn’t Baek Woon-gyu prove the order?
It is interpreted that the main reason for the dismissal of the arrest warrant of former Minister Baek was that the prosecutors did not sufficiently explain the charges of abuse of authority. According to Deputy Judge Oh, the prosecution alleged that the former secretary abused his authority to make KHNP and its officials do nothing without obligation, and hinder the above officials’ work related to Wolseong Unit 1. In the warrant examination, former Minister Baek confronted that there was no fact that he had ordered an immediate shutdown of the nuclear power plant or manipulated economic feasibility.
However, Chief Judge Oh broke the prosecution’s brunt. Deputy Judge Oh said, “In order to meet the constituent requirements for obstruction of the exercise of the right to abuse of authority, it must be proved that the public officials abused the authority and the fact that it caused the person to do no duty.” He made a judgment to the effect that he did not make a vocation enough to apply the charges of abuse.
Accordingly, an analysis comes out that the prosecution has not secured enough evidence to prove the order of the early closure of former Minister Baek. Earlier, the Board of Audit and Inspection said that a policy to the effect of’the KHNP’s board of directors will immediately shut down and immediately shut down’ instructed by former Minister Baek. It is also possible that the prosecution sufficiently proved that the order of Minister Baek was instructed by the court, but the decision of the KHNP board of directors was out of the authority of Baek Jeon.
◇Is there a brake on the investigation?
It is a view from inside and outside the legal community that the prosecution is in a position to revise the investigation plan as a result of the failure to secure recruits for former Minister Baek. If former Minister Baek was arrested, it was possible to investigate whether’communion,’ orders, and reports were made with the Blue House and other superiors for up to 20 days, but it was evaluated that it was not easy.
The prosecution is planning to summon and investigate Korea Gas Corporation President Chae Hee-bong (former Blue House Industrial Policy Secretary). However, it is analyzed that forced investigations, such as the search for seizure of the Blue House, have actually crossed the water. It is a general view both inside and outside the legal community that the summons investigation of former chief social secretary Kim Soo-hyun, who was mentioned as the target of the investigation by some, was also rejected. In the case of former chief Kim, it was once mentioned as the subject of an investigation because the document deleted by officials of the Ministry of Industry included “subsequence measures and security measures (reported by the chief of society)” along with “requests for the industrial secretary”.
An official from the legal profession said, “The more important the key suspects are to secure recruits, the more important it is because the prosecution can intensively investigate major charges during the arrest period.” It is expected that the prosecution investigation will not be easy in the future.” He added, “Even if the prosecution is prosecuted, it is not very likely that the investigation will go to the upper line, such as the Blue House,” he added. “That may deepen my worries within the prosecution.”
◇ Criticism of the investigation into the shaking of the regime…尹 accountability theory
Inside and outside the legal profession, the failure to investigate the arrest of Baek is expected to fly as a boomerang of criticism of the ruling party. This is because political criticism has not ceased so far over the investigation of the suspicion of manipulating the economic feasibility of the Wolseong nuclear power plant No. 1. In addition, there are even observations that the theory of responsibility may be raised in the sense that Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol has directly taken care of the investigation.
On December 1, last year, as soon as he returned to the court’s citation for suspension of execution, he approved a request for arrest warrants for three major suspects raised by the 5th criminal division of the Daejeon District Prosecutors’ Office. These were three officials from the Ministry of Industry who deleted internal data related to nuclear power plants or were involved. After that, he went to work on the 25th and 26th of the same month immediately after the court’s decision to return to work and received a report from the relevant department.
An official at the prosecution pointed out that “In the previous greeting on the 7th, the last card to show was the investigation by President Yoon, who was caught up in the’passing’ controversy,” and pointed out that “As the core investigation is on the verge of being destroyed, the position of President Yoon may be greatly shaken.” did.
/ Reporter Jo Kwon-hyung [email protected], reporter Ahn Hyun-deok [email protected], reporter Lee Hee-jo [email protected]
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