[전국]Former Minister Paik Woon-gyu Arrested on Suspicion of ‘Wolseong Nuclear Power Plant’

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Tomorrow (8) it will be decided whether the former Minister of Industry, Baek Woon-gyu, will be arrested in connection with the prosecution’s investigation into the suspicion of the early closure of the Wolsong nuclear power plant.

Since former Minister Baek is known to have denied the allegations, whether or not a warrant is issued will also affect the Blue House investigation in the future.

This is Lee Moon-seok’s reporter.

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The substantive examination of the arrest warrant requested by the prosecution against former Industry Minister Baek Woon-gyu will take place at the Daejeon District Court tomorrow afternoon (8).

There are two main charges of prosecution in the warrant.

In the first place, it is suspected that it “obstructs the exercise of the rights of abuse ex officio”.

Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power is believed to have exerted unreasonable pressure to immediately shut down Unit 1 of the Wolseong Nuclear Power Plant and immediately shut down its operation as a result of the board resolution.

The other is the “obstruction of business” charge.

Previously, three officials from the Ministry of Industry were charged with deleting 530 data related to nuclear power plants before sending it to the Audit Office.

The content of these allegations released to the media is reported to have included a series of Blue House reports on the data removed by public officials.

Therefore, it is noted that the prosecution has determined that Baek intervened in the data erasure process and interfered in the auditor’s affairs.

In an investigation by the prosecution on 25 last month, Baek is known to have denied the charges.

In a previous investigation conducted by the Audit and Inspection Service, Baek said that if the KHNP Board of Directors decided to close it out in consideration of economic viability, it would be strange to restart the operation and decided to close the operation immediately at the same time as the anticipated closure .

At the same time, he emphasized that there was no fact that KHNP had instructions to verify or confirm what KHNP is on.

If a decision is made on whether to arrest former Minister Baek, the prosecution’s investigation will likely point to the Blue House.

There is a high possibility that an investigation will be carried out on personnel related to the decision to close the Wolseong nuclear power plant early, such as Cheong Wa Dae’s industrial policy secretary at the time.

The direction of the investigation is unlikely to change depending on whether Baek is arrested or not, but it is expected to be a measure of whether power is gained or lost.

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