[단독]Hwang-hee, a “single offender” on duty, started the Public Interest Reporters Protection Act 3 years ago.

In addition, the representative of the Democratic Party, Hwang Hee, revealed in the communication room of the National Assembly on the 10th that the vacation of the son of Justice Minister Cho Mi-ae during his military service was legally followed. [연합뉴스]

On the 15th, the Democratic Party legislator Hwang-hee, who was called “the only criminal”, revealed the real name of the soldier on duty who first exposed the suspicion that the son of the Minister of Justice, Choo Mi-ae , did not return to leave. Confirmed.

According to the Information System for bills of the National Assembly, Representative Hwang participated as a co-sponsor of some amendments to the Public Interest Reporters Protection Act initiated by Democratic Party lawmaker Jeon Jeon-cheol in January 2017. In the bill, 21 members were named, including former lawmakers, Hwanghee, Park Jumin, Baek Hye-ryeon, and Seo Young-gyo.

At the time, proponents said: “Reporting by whistleblowers is an important factor as both acts of corruption and public interest violations are carried out in secret. If you are stigmatized as a complainant, there is a risk of physical and mental harm to the corresponding institution.“AND”Protection against them and inducing misconduct whistleblowers through rewards need to be provided in accordance with the Sanghoon Act.”

In January 2017, when the bill was proposed, the so-called “ Gukjeong Nongdan ” incident of Choi Soon-sil (renamed Choi Seo-won) and others was a period in which criticism against former President Park Geun-hye were tall. At the time, it was evaluated as a bill to protect whistleblowers who exposed the merits of the Gukjeong Nongdan case. This bill was abolished when the content of the amendment to the Public Office Reporters Protection Act initiated by other legislators during the same period was reflected.

Hyung-du Choi, spokesman for the People’s Power. The photo shows Choi, a spokesperson during an interview with JoongAng Ilbo on June 25. Reporter Lim Hyun-dong

The critical voice came from the opposition. Hyung-du Choi, a spokesman for the People’s Power (formerly the Future Integration Party), said: “Representative Hwang, who took the lead in protecting public interest reporters, fell into the logic of the field and changed his position. after 3 years and 8 months. “If people are divided into four on my side according to the political situation, who can bravely go to the whistleblowers?“I pointed.

Earlier on the 12th, Representative Hwang said on his Facebook page: “All departures and beginnings related to the son of Secretary Chu Mi-ae were the testimony of soldier A (real name) on duty. He said, “I burned the whole mountain playing with fire on the mountain,” he said. “If you look at the words and actions of A, who has raised this incident, he cannot be seen as a single criminal.” After reviewing the post on the date of the controversy, he said, “I’m sorry for the unintended inconvenience with the post I posted on Facebook.”

However, after Representative Hwang’s real name was revealed, the friendly-minded community shared and criticized Mr. A’s personal information. Mr. A, feeling threatened by himself, has requested protective measures from the reporter from public interest of the National Rights Committee (Chairman Jeon Hyun-hee) on the 14th.

However, the Kwon Ik Committee said that “Mr. A is not considered a ‘(public interest) reporter’ under the law under the jurisdiction of the KFTC.” Furthermore, Kwon Ik-Com determined that the prosecution’s investigation into the duties of Justice Minister Chu Mi-ae and the suspicion of military preferential treatment for Minister Chu’s son was difficult to see as a conflict of interest. President Jeon Hyun-hee was a member of the 18th and 20th Democratic Party.


It is reported that Mr. A changed his personal mobile phone number and canceled his social media account.

Reporter Kijeong Kim [email protected]