The court dismissed the arrest warrant filed against the former Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Paik Woon-gyu on charges of obstruction and abuse of authority related to the alleged manipulation of economic feasibility evaluation and manipulation of the early closure of Wolseong nuclear power plant Unit 1. It was judged that there was a lack of criminal calling and there was no fear of destroying evidence.
Following the audit of the Audit and Inspection Office, the prosecution’s investigation, the mainstream media such as Jo Jung-dong, and the SBS, the investigation of Wolseong nuclear power plant No. In particular, as it is known that the returning Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol took care of himself, the first signal came out that the prosecution’s blade was excessive, receiving strong support from mainstream forces such as the conservative media and the power of the people and pro-nuclear forces, and trying to help with the Blue House and the post-nuclear war policy. That’s it.
Judge Oh Se-yong, the head of the Warrant of the Daejeon District Court, dismissed the warrant as a result of a substantive examination of the arrest warrant in relation to the alleged manipulation of the economic feasibility evaluation of Wolseong Nuclear Power Plant Unit 1, which was announced around 0:50 am on the 9th. On this day, a long workshop for more than 6 hours went from 2:30 pm to 8:50 pm for the actual warrant examination.
Regarding the reason for the dismissal, Judge Oh said, “The crime in this case is that the suspect abused his authority as the Minister of Industry, causing KHNP and its officials to do things that are not obligated, and interfered with the work related to Wolseong Unit 1. The suspect is arguing that there is no order to immediately shut down the nuclear power plant or manipulate economic feasibility.”
In order to satisfy the constituent requirements of the criminal law Article 123 of the crime of obstruction of the exercise of the right to abuse of authority, the fact that the public officials abused the authority and the fact that the result of which caused the person to do the job without obligation must be proved. He stressed that the principle of strict interpretation and the principle of minimal infringement should be observed in accordance with the principle of crime courtism when applying’interpretation of crimes as a requirement.
Judge Oh stated the reason for dismissal, saying, “However, it is not enough to say that the data submitted so far have sufficiently clarified the accusation of the crime, and there seems to be room for contention over the alleged crime. We need to ensure that it can be done.”
Judge Oh also said, “Including the fact that it is difficult to conclude that the suspect is concerned about the destruction of evidence because the main reference person has already been detained and the statements of officials have been secured, the necessity and considerableness of the arrest at this stage are insufficient. I judged it.
Accordingly, in the course of the audit results of the auditor, which had been conducted for nearly a year, and the prosecution investigation, the Chosun Ilbo as well as the JoongAng Ilbo, as well as the SBS, released the full text of the prosecution of public officials, encouraging the North Korean nuclear power plant controversy, but the prosecution was unreasonable. I was faced with criticism for leading the investigation. It tried to continue to the suspicion of the Blue House order, but the momentum is expected to decline.
In particular, the Daejeon District Prosecutor’s Office stated in the complaint that the same file as the North Korean nuclear power plant construction promotion plan was deleted by Kim Amu-gae, the arrested secretary, but questioned whether the same file was found and disclosed in the computer and the nuclear power plant policy of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy. I also cheated. Overall, it became inevitable to point out whether the prosecution was pushed forcibly while the investigation was poor.
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