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On the suspicion of Mr. Seo Mo, the son of Justice Minister Chu Mi-ae, who served as emperor, the informants presented contradictory arguments. At the time of the phone call after confirming that Mr. Seo returned from vacation, Mr. A on the watch said that he would attend the National Assembly in person and testify, saying, “Had there been tampering or concealment of the call? Minister Chu’s phone number? ” On the other hand, Mr. B, who claimed to have served in the same unit at the same time as Mr. Seo, defended himself saying, “Seo is a person far from controversy.” According to Assemblyman Han-hong Yoon’s People’s Power Office on the 9th, Mr. A claimed to be true that he worked as a duty officer on June 25, 2017 and made a call with Mr. Seo to return from vacation. Mr. A explained: “Because there was obviously a soldier on duty on Sunday the 25th, and on Friday and Saturday the roll call of the night did not take place, he realized that he did not return until Sunday when the call to dinner was held. ” Earlier, Minister Chu said, “Mr. A was not on duty on the 23rd, which is the expiration date of his sick leave,” he said. “On the 25th, Seo’s vacation was already arranged and he was on vacation. He did.
On the 25th, Mr. A said, “There was no sign of regret (at the time),” and said, “It is very natural to say that I was home and told him to come back, so I agreed and wanted something.” He also expressed his intention to attend the National Assembly and testify. He said, “I’m trying to defend everything else on the other side (Chu’s side), but the fact that I called 25 is that there is no fact that I called him falsely.” “Becomes.”
On the other hand, Mr. B, who claimed to have served in the same unit at the same time as Mr. Seo, appeared on a radio show that day and refuted: “Mr. Seo’s actual experience is far from controversial. “. Mr. B explained that Seo’s total vacation days was higher than ordinary soldiers, saying “the number of normal vacation days” and “the number of days he could go on vacation in the general army in the vacation of a high-ranking KATUSA soldier or rewarding a shop. ” Regarding Seo’s sick leave, “Seo already enlisted with an injured knee, but this is a reason for the exemption,” he argued. “There were no staff (members of the unit) who understood sick leave in itself as preferential treatment.” Regarding Mr. Seo’s position, he denied the possibility of applying, saying, “It is not a popular position.”
Meanwhile, according to a periodic survey by R & Search (a 95% confidence level with a sampling error of ± 3.1% points), 51% of the respondents were in favor of the voluntary resignation of Minister Chu. 52.3% of those surveyed agreed with the argument that a special prosecutor should be appointed for the investigation of Minister Chu’s son Seo.
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