The policy spreads, the late ‘investigation of the wolves’ Total pressure from the Ministry of Industry, KHNP and Gas

野 indictment … 檢 accelerates investigation of deleted data
Criticisms of the old “frontal challenge to the civil affairs of the civil government”
Investigation of data of suspicion of suppression of the Ministry of Industry focused on

[아시아경제 문채석 기자] “Abuse of the power of the prosecution” “The intervention of the prosecution in state affairs” “A direct challenge to the constitutional spirit.” When the prosecution seized and sought suspicions of tampering with the economic viability of the Wolseong Unit 1 nuclear power plant, the passports are raising the bar for criticism. It is argued that “an act of the prosecution challenging the state affairs of the Moon Jae-in administration”

According to law enforcement officials on the 7th, the Daejeon District Prosecutor’s Office is inferring computer hard drives and documents obtained from the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy at the government’s Sejong Government Complex on the 5th and the headquarters of the Korea Gas Corporation in Daegu. Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) also issued a seizure and search warrant for two days on the 5th and 6th. It is reported that the offices and mobile phones of former Industry Minister Baek Woon-gyu, Han Su-won, were searched. Jeong Jae-hoon, and Chairman Chae Hee-bong of Gas Corporation (the presidential industrial policy secretary at the time of the early closure of Wolseong Unit 1) for related data.

At the beginning of the 20th of last month, the Audit and Inspection Board published the results of the audit on the decision to close Wolsong Unit 1 in June 2018, saying: “Some employees of the Ministry of Industry secretly entered the office late one night before the audit and they removed 444 documents related to Wolsong Unit 1. ” Following the investigation by the Daejeon District Prosecutor’s Office, it is known that the physical evidence identified by the auditor as a “serious act of obstruction of the audit” was delivered to the prosecution. It was confirmed that the auditor sent a 200 page report on the feasibility of the decision to close Wolseong Unit 1 early and an “investigation background material” that was difficult to compare with the evidence ratio and a legal review.

The possibility of a summons arises because the power of the people has filed a complaint with the Prosecutor’s Office on charges of abuse of authority or obstruction of work, according to the State Administration. As for the power of the people, 12 people, including former Minister Baek, President Chae, President Jung and the former head of the Office of Intellectual Property Park Won-ju (head of the Office of Energy Resources at the time of the anticipated closure of Wolseong Unit 1), were on the defendant list. Criminal penalties for ex officio abuse under the Penal Law are “imprisonment for a period not exceeding 5 years, suspension of grades for a period not exceeding 10 years, or a fine of not more than 10 million won.”

The prosecution emphasized the point that it is a “prosecution investigation.” However, it is true that both the prosecution and the auditor are reprimanded for unauthorized removal of materials related to Wolseong Unit 1. On the 20th of last month, the Audit and Inspection Board announced the results of the early closure of Wolsong Unit 1 and requested that the director and subordinates of the Ministry of Industry’s Nuclear Power Plant Industry Policy Officer be sanctioned accordingly. in accordance with article 82 of the National Civil Service Law.

Therefore, it is reported that the passport was confiscated by the employee access list of the Daejeon Prosecutor’s Office of the Ministry of Industry, etc., which can be used as proof of the deletion of the data related to Unit 1 of Wolseong. It’s a problem.

Lee Nak-yeon, head of the Democratic Party, told the party’s Supreme Council: “The auditor did not even request an investigation, but the prosecution responded extensively to the case of political offensive charged by the opposition party” and criticized the “political investigation. and the abuse of prosecutors’ rights. ” “(The prosecution’s search for seizure) reminds me of the time when the hearing of the National Assembly of the National Assembly with the Minister of Justice (Cho Guk) last year was held on a mass seizure and registration of the family of the Minister of Justice “.

Democratic Party Leader Kim Tae-yeon said: “If the prosecution is investigating a government policy attack in close contact with a specific political party, this is a clear political intervention that undermines the political neutrality and independence of the prosecution. and challenges democracy. ”

Sejong = Reporter Moon Chae-seok [email protected]