Choo Mi-ae (left) and former Justice Minister Yoon Seok-yeol, presidential candidate for People’s Power. Hankook Ilbo file photo
Former Justice Minister Choo Mi-ae ordered a search and seizure of Shincheonji, a religious facility that had a cluster infection of the new coronavirus infection (COVID-19) two years ago while serving as minister, but then Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol said, “The ruling party must be judged in the general election.” announced on the 21st that it rejected the argument. In addition, he claimed that President Yoon at the time had listened to the advice of a former shaman who was called Geonjin Beopsa.
Former Minister Chu, who exposed the content on Facebook the day before, repeatedly appeared on MBC and CBS radio on the same day and repeated this claim.
According to former Minister Choo, the relevant instructions were issued in February 2020, when the Shincheonji outbreak COVID-19 group infection rapidly spread in the Daegu area. In order to cooperate with the health authorities’ rapid epidemiological investigation at the time, former Minister Chu said, “I have instructed the public prosecutors’ offices at various levels to work closely with the police, health authorities and local governments so that they can immediately start a search and seizure or forced investigation.”
“尹 rejects the search and seizure of Shincheonji, saying, ‘The ruling party should be judged in the general election'”
People’s Strength presidential candidate Yoon Seok-yeol is wearing a mask while attending the ‘Corona 19 indoor air scientific quarantine management plan and alternative search discussion’ held at the National Assembly in Yeouido, Seoul on the 11th. By Oh Dae-geun
However, the Daegu District Prosecutors’ Office twice rejected the search and seizure warrants for the Shincheonji religious facilities posted by the police. At that time, the prosecutor general was candidate Yoon. Candidate Yoon said in a public debate in December of last year, “In February 2020, the Minister of Justice gave a public order to search and seize the Shincheonji Temple in Daegu. I said that the search and seizure was impossible.” “This is because the search and seizure is not helpful for quarantine and epidemiological investigations,” he explained.
Regarding this, Choo said, “At that time, I heard a funny political saying that the Supreme Prosecutor’s Office gave orders under the command, ‘If quarantine fails, the ruling party will have to be judged by the people in the general election. Why would the police intervene to help?’ Contrary to Candidate Yoon’s assertion that he rejected the search and seizure because it did not help with quarantine, Choo’s argument is that it was a political move to not help the ruling party ahead of the election.
Regarding the source of this claim, former Minister Choo said, “I heard it while working as a minister,” and “they said, ‘That’s the position of the Supreme Prosecutor’s Office.’ He continued, “If such an official document had been secured, I would have reprimanded it, but I couldn’t know any more because it was an oral report rather than an official document.”
“There was a deeper reason for stopping the search and seizure of 尹”
The Segye Ilbo released the video on the 17th, saying that a former shaman named Geonjin Beopsa showed no hesitation, such as hitting the shoulder of Yoon Seok-yeol, the People’s Power presidential candidate. Segye Ilbo Youtube Capture
In addition, Choo raised the suspicion of shamanism surrounding candidate Yoon, saying, “Now that I see it, there was a deeper reason,” while referring to the Segye Daily report that he received advice from a shaman named Beopsa Geonjin for making the decision not to search and confiscate at the time. continued
Earlier, the Segye Ilbo quoted the words of an acquaintance of Geonjin Beopsa and reported the remarks of then President Yoon Seok-yeol. He said that he had asked Beop Geonjin how he should handle Shincheonji Chairman Man-hee Lee, and how to investigate how to imprint Yoon Seok-yeol in the people. In response, Beop Geonjin reported that Chairman Lee was also a ‘a spirit medium’, but he advised him not to get blood on his hands and go gently, as this could be an obstacle to becoming president.
“Even in matters directly related to the lives and safety of the people, and in the matter of competing for ripples, Yun approached with political pros and cons as to what he had to do to be imprinted on the public,” said Choo. Wouldn’t it be a matter for the media to ask the candidate to make a decision on the advice of the shaman?”
Kang Yoon-ju reporter kkang@hankookilbo.com
