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Justice Minister Choo Mi-ae said in a Facebook post on the 13th about the case of his son Seo-mo’s suspicion of preferential military vacation, “I am very sorry for the people” and said: “There was no Reason for violating procedure (within the military) I said Minister Chu expressed brief regret and stated that all procedures to extend his son’s vacation were legal.
Minister Chu said, “(My son) had to undergo surgery on his right knee while he was in the army. That’s why I paid sick leave. “This is it.”
In response to this, political and legal circles said: “The Minister of Justice, who directs and leads the prosecution, gave himself a ‘complacency’, and at the same time gave a ‘guide’ to the Prosecutor’s Office of the Eastern District from Seoul, which is investigating this case. “The criticism got up.
Minister Chu also said, “It is my fateful responsibility to remain unwavering in the task of reforming the prosecution.” This was interpreted as a refusal of the opposition party’s request to resign from the ministerial position. In this regard, it was criticized within the prosecution, “It is contradictory to the independence of the prosecution that Minister Chu, who practically intervened in the ‘on’ case, ‘advocated’ tax reform ‘as a cause of maintaining the ministerial position “.
Minister Chu repeatedly insisted on ‘innocence’, saying, “I have never said that black is white.” However, he said his assistant had never called a military officer for a vacation while he was in his legislature. This day is also the subject of suspicion It did not provide an explanation for “the absence of records of Seo’s sick leave” and “how and content of a complaint call by the person or the husband to the Ministry of Defense.” A lawyer said, “Minister Chu claimed that the ‘nearest prosecutor’s office’ was investigated on the basis of excluding President Yoon Seok-yul in the ‘Channel A case’. I put a door to break down “.
Minister Chu also said: “The prosecution should only comply with the mandate of the people to reveal the substantive truth,” he said. “It’s time to decide.” They rejected requests from inside and outside the prosecution to ensure the fairness of the investigation through the special investigation headquarters or special prosecutors. But hyun The Dongbu District Prosecutor’s Office is at the center of suspicion of a “downsizing investigation” whereby a military official’s statement of a “call for help” was omitted from the file. Dongbu District Attorney General Kim Kwan-jeong Last july The search for the seizure of the Samsung Medical Center, which performed surgery on the knee of Minister Chu’s son as chief prosecutor, was blocked and the Department of Defense, which received a telephone call from one of the minister couples, did not it has been seized or searched.
In the legal world, “Minister Chu Holding on It was also noted that it was through coordination between the Blue House and the ruling party. A lawyer said: “After the Ministry of National Defense announced on the 10th that the extension of the vacation was not a violation of the regulations, on the 11th the Blue House gave a response to refute the national petition for ‘dismissal and indictment from Minister Chu ‘”. You’re making full use of, ”he said.
Minister Chu also seemed to appeal to “sensitivity” on this day. Minister Chu said: “My husband is a disabled person with leg discomfort due to a traffic accident, and even his son had surgery on both legs. They also broke my leg (Sambo Il-bae in 2004) ”, and the opposition party criticized it as“ a novel novel ”.
