Vice Minister of Justice Lee Yong-gu is sweeping his head at the plenary meeting of the Legal Justice and Justice Committee held at the National Assembly in Yeouido, Seoul on the morning of the 22nd. News 1
On the 18th, Vice Minister of Justice Yong-gu Lee apologized for failing to attend the Legislative Judicial Committee of the National Assembly. At that time, Vice Minister Lee used’fever’ as the reason for his absence.
Vice Minister Lee attended the National Assembly Judiciary Committee on the 22nd and said, “I apologize to the chairman and committee members, members of the National Assembly, officials of related organizations, and the people for disrupting the operation of the judiciary committee.”
Earlier, Vice Minister Lee did not attend the last judiciary committee plenary due to a fever, and opposition lawmakers argued that Lee deliberately avoided attending the judiciary committee. It is intended to take into account current issues, such as the situation under investigation for suspicion of assault by taxi drivers.
On this day, Rep. Kim Do-eup said, “The reason why the judiciary committee was deferred at the time was that this vice minister was not actually present without permission.” I pointed out.
“The minister didn’t know why the vice minister, who was essential to attending the plenary meeting of the judiciary committee, was not aware of the reasons why he was not present,” he said. “There are reports that the Minister of Justice also’passed’ in the prosecution’s personnel. He pointed out, “Why is the internal crackdown and discipline like this?”
Deputy Minister Lee explained, “I had a high fever accompanied by diarrhea in the morning situation at the time,” and “I could not confirm whether it was a coronavirus (a novel coronavirus infection), but because of the quarantine regulations, I was inevitably absent from the situation.”
He said, “Please give me a generous understanding of the unexpected occurrence of such a situation.” Deputy Minister Lee was negative in the new coronavirus infection (Corona 19) test.
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