On the 24th, the prosecutors, who are investigating the ‘shooting of a public official in the West Sea’, called Suh Hoon, the former head of the National Security Bureau, who is the chief executive officer of Moon Jae-in’s government in North Korea. safety line.
According to the legal community, the Public Investigation Division 1 of the Seoul Central District Prosecutor’s Office (Chief Prosecutor Lee Hee-dong) has named former Chief Seo as the accused this morning and is investigating. The investigation was originally scheduled for the 23rd, but was postponed until the same day as the investigation schedule was revealed to the media.
The prosecution hastily decided on Lee’s ‘voluntary absence’ at a meeting of related ministers held around 1:00 a.m. on September 23, 2020, the day after Seo’s death by the North Korean military when the late Lee Dae-joon, a public official in the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, killed by the North Korean army We are investigating the claim that he ordered the relevant ministries to delete .
Prosecutors believe former Defense Minister Suh Wook ordered the deletion of classified information such as wiretapping information from the Military Integrated Information Processing System (MIMS) in accordance with instructions from the National Security Office.
Prosecutors plan to question Seo intensely on the basis for determining that he voluntarily left for North Korea immediately after Lee’s death, whether he had ordered related ministries to delete classified information, and whether there was any other “higher-level” interference. in the process.
Seo seems to seriously deny the allegations. He claims that he disclosed all the circumstances at the time, and did not drive Lee to North Korea or order the deletion of data without any basis.
Key figures in charge of North Korea’s security line and security line of the Moon Jae-in Administration, including former chief Seo, held a press conference on the 27th of last month and said, “It is not logical nor unfounded to claim that (the Moon Jae- in government) has conducted a ‘drive to North Korea’ without providing any evidence. It’s just random revenge,” he countered.
Park Ji-won, former head of the National Intelligence Service, is also suspected of ordering the NIS to delete intelligence reports. Prosecutors plan to call former Park Director in for questioning sooner or later and decide whether to request an arrest warrant for them.
Kim Eun-ji, Hankyung.com reporter eunin11@hankyung.com
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