秋 said the assistant’s phone call was not true, “I don’t know, I don’t want to verify”

Justice Minister Choo Mi-ae attends a questionnaire on the government that was held in the main hall of the National Assembly on the 14th and answers questions from legislators. [연합뉴스]

Justice Minister Choo Mi-ae expanded on questions about his son’s suspicion of military preferential treatment in a political questionnaire conducted at the National Assembly on the 14th. On this day, Minister Chu showed himself to refrain from nervous reactions as much as said in the past “You are writing a novel.” Minister Chu said, “We cannot answer any questions related to the investigation,” but he tried to clear up the suspicions raised by lawmakers with the most active attitude yet. Minister Chu’s explanations were collected on this day.

Minister Chu’s son, Mr. Seo, 27, spent a total of 23 days (June 5-27, 2017) on vacation for a total of 23 days (June 5-27, 2017) with three personal and sick love songs for treating his right knee while serving as a KATUSA soldier. The person raising the suspicion argues that there were applications and preferential treatment in this process.

Minister Chu said on this day: “Since my son is a public figure, I have been deciding since he was a child that he should go to the military because his mother is a public figure, so he should go to the military.” “He added,” I didn’t even feel the need to say anything because I raised suspicions that it wasn’t common sense. ”

On the suspicion that the assistant to Minister Chu called the military unit during the extension of the vacation, he said: “I clearly reiterate that there was no fact that he had asked the assistant to call.” Representative Park Hyung-soo replied, “I don’t know,” when he said, “My question is, ‘Is it true that an aide called your son’s unit?” Representative Park said, “Didn’t you ask the assistant at that time?” And Minister Chu said, “I don’t want to confirm that. Because I can’t intervene in the investigation.”

Minister Chu replied, “There is no such fact,” to a questionnaire in the preliminary special committee on day 1, “Is it correct that the assistant called at that time?” It means that the position has changed from “Not true” to “I don’t know”.

When asked if Minister Chu’s partner asked questions about Seo’s vacation extension by phone directly to the complaints office of the Ministry of National Defense, they replied, “I have not contacted and cannot afford to ask my husband.”

Regarding the point that there is no exemption case for his son’s knee disease, he said: “If he had had surgery on both legs in 2016, he was probably in fourth through seventh grade, so at least he wouldn’t have gone as an active resource. ” Minister Chu responded at a personnel hearing in December last year: “If I had a physical exam again, I would be exempt from military service, but my son went to the army.”

Comments on the suspicion of the son of Minister Chu Mi-ae. Graphic = Reporter Kim Young-ok [email protected]

Justice Minister Choo Mi-ae also denied the allegations of his son’s request to select interpreters for the PyeongChang Winter Olympics in November 2017. Chung Cheong-rae, a member of the Democratic Party, said: “I (Seo) I have good English skills. Didn’t you study abroad in the UK? ”

Minister Chu replied, “This time I learned that I recognized my son for the first time in the army and changed the original normal form and abandoned him by lot.”

He also opened his mouth regarding the request that Mr. Seo be assigned to Yongsan. Minister Chu said, “I heard from my son that the deployment of the autonomous troops is taking place on site.” I have no possession. ”

Regarding the claim that the commander of the ROK military support group called Minister Chu’s family and heeded the request, “My mother-in-law, who is 90 years old, fell ill because she wanted to see her grandson. trained”. He stressed that being warned to stop is an anti-human and impossible situation. ”

Kim Kwan-jeong, Seoul Eastern District Prosecutor’s Office [연합뉴스]

Representative Yoon Jae-ok raised the question of the “code staff” of the current Dongbu District Prosecutor’s Office and asked, “Do you have any plans to install a special prosecutor or a special edition (special investigation headquarters)?” “You must meet the requirements,” Minister Chu said, and asked, “I don’t know when this case is not entrusted to ordinary prosecutors, but so far, it is not a claim based on such a rational suspicion and there is no evidence.”

When Representative Yoon asked once again, “Would you like to present a special prosecutor and be investigated?” Minister Chu said, “I will not give you an answer.”

Minister Chu changed his position and apologized for saying ‘you are writing a novel’ to an opposition lawmaker who raised suspicions about his son. Minister Chu said, “It was a monologue, but I think I came out because the loudspeaker was on. I am very sorry.”

Reporters Kang Kwang-woo and Kim Soo-min [email protected]