First test that attends the country I will fight tirelessly “.

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The former Minister of Justice enters the court wearing a mask to attend the first trial held at the Seoul District Court on the 8th. Former Minister Cho
“The prosecution will refute the distorted and exaggerated charges one by one according to the facts and the laws,” he said. Reporter Ahn Chul-min
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He denied charges of supervising Deputy Mayor of Busan Metropolitan City, Yoo Jae-soo, when he first served in court as a defendant five months after the former Minister of Justice was indicted and served as secretary of affairs. Civilians of the President.

During a trial held on the 8th in the Seoul Central District Court’s Criminal Resolution Division 21 (Deputy Judge Kim Mi-ri), Cho’s lawyer said: “I was instructed to take personnel measures that are appropriate to the lieutenant of Yu Mayor. ” Furthermore, he said, “It was not an interruption of the inspection, but an end.” Previously, in December 2017, when he served as Min-Soo Min, Cho prosecuted him for allegedly ordering the suspension of the inspection even after receiving inspection reports from the former mayor.

Former chief justice Won-Woo Baek and former corruption secretary Park Hyung-cheol, who is accused of Cho, also denied the allegations. Baek’s secretary general stated that “there was a life-saving activity in the vicinity of the country’s former vice mayor, and I admit that they contacted me, but there is no request for clarity.” Park’s secretary replied, “The order to end the prosecution is in accordance with the authority of former Minister Cho, and the former secretary is an object, not the subject of abuse of authority.”

On the other hand, former inspector general Lee In-geol, who was in charge of the deputy mayor of the former deputy mayor, attended as a witness and said: “President Cho decided to stop the inspection and feared that if the inspection was suspended, there would be problems later”. Lee said: “President Park, who went to report to former Secretary Cho, said, ‘Wait (wait) for a while.’ Then, ‘the former deputy mayor said he would resign, so there is no need to proceed with the inspection. “I heard it. Also, Lee had testified that he was afraid of” is it too much to touch the real world “?” Lee Yoo-soo is on our side, “said Lee, an administrator at Cheong’s secretary-general’s office. Wa Dae at the time. Yoo Jae-soo has to live for our regime to live. ”The former captain testified that he was under psychological pressure.
Cho, who sits in the defendant’s seat wearing a white mask, replied, “I have nothing to say” when the judge asked if there was anything to add to the defense’s opinion. Before going to court, Cho said, “There was a general investigation by prosecutors who approached me. “It was a painful moment,” he said. “I am going to refute the distorted and exaggerated charges in accordance with the facts and the laws. It will take a long time. I will fight tirelessly.”