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Today, the substantive examination of warrants against former Defense Minister Seo Wook and former Maritime Police Agency Commissioner Kim Hong-hee was held.
Former minister Seo arrived at the Seoul Central District Court around 9:30 am today in a navy blue suit and entered the courtroom without answering reporters asking whether or not to admit the charges.
After the four-hour interrogation, former Minister Seo is currently awaiting the results at the Seoul Detention Center, and the bereaved family of the late Lee Dae-jun, an official of the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, who died in the process of moving. , violently protested to Seo.
Former minister Suh has been accused of ordering the removal of classified information such as wiretapping information from the military intelligence network, Mims, after the government deemed Lee had voluntarily left for North Korea in September 2020.
The former minister’s side denied all the accusations, saying, “I did not conspire to cover up in the meeting of the security chiefs, and only limited the distribution units to prevent excessive dissemination of sensitive information, but I did not remove the original source of the information.”
Former Commissioner Kim Hong-hee also arrived at the Seoul Central District Court around 1:30 pm that day and entered the courtroom without saying anything else.
Former Commissioner Kim is accused of publishing the results of an investigation that Lee voluntarily defied into North Korea by writing unconfirmed evidence or distorting the test results.
In addition, he is also accused of defaming Mr Lee by directing him to publish the amount of Mr Lee’s gambling debts. Lee.
Mr Lee’s family also petitioned the warrant court to issue arrest warrants for the former Minister and former Commissioner Kim.
It is expected to decide whether or not the two will be arrested later this evening.
