“Reported violation of the Military Secret Protection Act”
Concerns about civilian surveillance as counterintelligence expands
On the 23rd, the Armed Forces Counterintelligence Command conducted a search and seizure of the home of the former spokesman of the Ministry of National Defense, Boo Seung-chan, which raised the “suspicion of interference in the air before the presidential office.” Seungchan Boo Blog Photography
On the 23rd, the Armed Forces Counterintelligence Command conducted a search and seizure of the home of the former spokesman of the Ministry of National Defense, Boo Seung-chan, which raised the “suspicion of interference in the air before the presidential office.”
The counter-intelligence agency announced that it was carrying out a search and seizure of the former speaker Bu’s house from the morning of the same day on suspicion of breaching the Military Secret Protection Act. The counter-intelligence agency explained, “We have received a report of a violation of the Military Secret Protection Act and initiated an investigation according to law.”
A former spokesman said in a book published earlier this month In the episode, Nam Young-shin, the Chief of Staff of the Army at the time, claimed to have informed him that ‘Cheongong’ had visited the official residence of the Chief of Staff of the Army and the Seoul office before the relocation of the presidential office. Cheon Gong is known as a mentor to President Yoon Seok-Yeol, as revealed that he advised President Yoon Seok-Yeol to resign from the position of Prosecutor General.
Regarding this, the presidential office completely denied the allegations and filed criminal charges against Bu’s former spokesperson and the reporter who reported the information. The police called the former president of Nam as a reference to investigate.
Counterintelligence is the successor to the Defense Security Command. During the Moon Jae-in administration, as the Defense Security Command was disbanded as the Military Security Assistance Command, personnel and scope of duties were reduced, but under the Yoon Seok-yeol administration, it was renamed the Counter Command -espionage and the authority expands again.
An amended ordinance allowing counter-intelligence to collect military-related information for reserve forces and civil defense councils is in the works being finalized by the Government’s Ministry of Legislation.
If you look at the ‘partial amendment to the Armed Forces Counter-Intelligence Command ordinance’ released the day before by Democratic Party lawmaker Lee In-young, the current ‘counter-espionage operation’ among the information gathering topics related to military by counter-intelligence. agents expanded to ‘integrated defence’. Concerns are being raised about civilian surveillance as integrated defense includes the police, local governments, reserve forces, civil defence, and even workplaces with integrated defense councils.
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