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On the 28th, the Seoul Eastern District Attorney, who has investigated the suspected “ return to military discharge ” of the son of Attorney General Cho Mi-ae, Choo Mi-ae, 27, and all the former minister’s aides Choi Mo-chu, who made a phone call to the troops to inquire about the extension of the vacation. He said he had handled the charges. The Dongbu District Prosecutor’s Office, which had not investigated properly for 7 months after the indictment was filed in January, only launched a full-scale investigation in early September, granting all of Minister Chu’s “indulgences” within a month.
Two days before the Chuseok holiday, the Dongbu District Prosecutor’s Office dismissed all charges of leaving Minister Chu’s son’s military affairs, assisting him with his son’s removal from military affairs, and requesting an extension of the license, and the request for a license extension by the former assistant via a 10-page research presentation. He said he had decided to do it.
The prosecution released the KakaoTalk message that Minister Chu had exchanged with Choi’s former adviser on the issue of extending his son’s vacation. At that time, the representative of the Democratic Party, Chu, gave the mobile phone number of the senior support officer of the unit where his son worked to the former assistant. This contradicts the statements of Minister Chu, who had said: “I have never made an assistant to call”, in the National Assembly. However, two days before the announcement of the investigation, the prosecution only made a written investigation of Chu and gave an ‘indulgence’ saying: “There were no clear circumstances in which the Minister of Justice was directly involved in the request.”
The Prosecutor’s Office, which received a phone call from the former adviser about the vacations, turned over to the Military Prosecutor’s Office for being an active military man, but this is also interpreted as a procedure without charges.
The gist of Seo’s suspicion is that the only extended sick leave ended on June 23, 2017 and whether the ‘no-return status’ from 24 to 25 corresponds to leaving military affairs. On this day, the prosecution said it was not because Captain Kim, who received a phone call from Choi’s former assistant, went through the procedure to extend Mr. Seo’s regular license in advance with the approval of the regional leader.
However, Captain Kim said: “I made such a statement in the early days when the memory was unclear, but since then, I submitted a statement that I was not involved, and also submitted related evidence, as text,” and said: ” The prosecution selectively adopted statements and evidence that came out in favor of the Chancellor’s son. And announced the results of the investigation. ” It is known that there was a view that “further investigation is needed” within the great swordsman, but Dongbu District Attorney Kim Gwan-jeong, who tends to be a supporter of the government, pushed the case before Chuseok. Minister Chu said on the day, “I am sorry that we have repeatedly apologized for causing concern to people because of the unfounded and reckless political offensive,” and said, “I will work hard to complete the reform of the prosecution.”
