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The Scrutiny and Inspection Board Requests an Inquiry into 20 people linked to the ‘Murder of Public Officials in the West Sea’

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The Scrutiny and Inspection Board, which has been carrying out an investigation in relation to the murder of a public official in the West Sea, announced a little while ago that it would ask the prosecution to investigate 20 people, including the former Chief Officer of the Security Office National Suh Hoon .

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The Scrutiny and Inspection Board, which has carried out a special examination on the case of ‘killing a public officer in the West Sea’, said it intends to request a prosecution tomorrow against 20 people from five agencies, including the National Security. Office, the Ministry of National Defence, and the Coast Guard, on charges of negligence, writing false public documents, and breaching the Audit and Inspection Board Act.

Former National Security Bureau Director Suh Hoon is also known to be involved.

The Audit and Inspection Board believes that on the afternoon of September 22, 2020, the National Security Office of the White House was informed of the discovery of the late Mr.

In addition, after receiving the information that the late Mr. Lee Dae-jun has expressed his intention to defect, the Ministry of National Defense received a report that it appears that she has voluntarily fled North Korea.’ The Audit and Inspection Board said that it had instructed the Ministry of National Defense to do so.

Accordingly, the Ministry of National Defense deliberately excluded facts that do not match the conclusion that it was a voluntary defect, and the Audit and Inspection Board added that the Coast Guard also informed the media of negative information such as the late Lee Dae-ffrae family jun in accordance with the guidelines of the National Security Office.

However, in the press release distributed by the Audit and Inspection Board today, the details of the military intelligence that the late Lee Dae-jun expressed his intention to defect to North Korea were not disclosed.

Since last July, the Audit and Inspection Board sent the Office of Special Investigations to carry out an on-site inspection of 9 organizations for approximately three months.

The Scrutiny and Inspection Board announced that it intends to impose strict reprimands on the relevant public officials as soon as possible after passing the Scrutiny Committee’s decision.

This is Lee Ji-sun from MBC News.

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