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Justice Minister Chu Mi-ae will attend the plenary session of the National Assembly on the afternoon of the 8th. Minister Chu said: “We have not received any reports and we will not receive any reports in the future,” regarding your son’s investigation into the alleged military leave. [사진 출처 = 연합뉴스]Controversy is escalating whether the KATUSA soldier, who served for then-Minister Chu’s son Seo Mo on suspicion of the vacation of Justice Minister Choo Mi-ae’s son, complies with USFK regulations or regulations of the Korean army. In this regard, a Korean military officer said on the 8th that “KATUSA soldiers are basically the state of the ROK Army sent to the USFK” and that “human resources, including holidays, are subject to regulations from army”. Seo, who worked as a KATUSA soldier, is in a position where ‘not coming back during the holidays’ is not an issue because it follows USFK regulations, not ROK Army regulations, but controversy is growing even more so as the claim turned out to be different from the facts.
On the 8th, a group of lawyers from the son of Minister Chu insisted: “Some media are considering Army regulations, but KATUSA soldiers have USFK Army Regulation 600-2 first.” In addition, he argued, “in this regulation, documents related to vacations are kept for one year. According to the Army regulation that requires documents to be kept for 5 years, it is incorrect to report that the absence of documents is a violation. to the regulation “.
Previously, suspicion was raised against Seo in 2017 that he violated Army regulations, which required presenting a medical certificate in advance because the troops had no holiday-related documents while serving as a KATUSA soldier. However, the defense team’s allegations turned out to be different from the facts, as the military denied them. Korean Army Regulation 600-2, which was put forward by the lawyers as a basis, also shows this fact. The “vacation, departure, and public holiday” provisions of the relevant regulations (paragraphs 4 and 4) state that “the system and procedure for the leave of ROC Army soldiers working in the USFK are the responsibility of the Chief of Staff of the Army of the Republic of Korea “. According to regulations, KATUSA soldiers only need to notify USFK of their license through an army officer. Therefore, it is a principle that related data should be kept for 5 years in accordance with Army regulations.
Representative Ha Tae-kyung, who received relevant data from the Ministry of National Defense, also posted on Facebook the same day that “Minister Chu made a fallacy that KATUSA soldiers’ holidays are subject to USFK regulations, not our army. ” I got an answer. Obviously, this is fake news. “Congressman Ha said,” According to the Ministry of National Defense, there is no separate vacation rule for KATUSA soldiers “and” they are considered the same rules as army soldiers. ”
In response, Choo’s son’s lawyers said, “There is an Army regulation in Korea that regulates royal holidays in KATUSA, but it doesn’t make sense that there are no separate regulations for them.”
“However, if there is a conflict or contradiction between the ROK military regulations and the KATUSA soldier regulations, the basic structure of the USFK is to prioritize the KATUSA soldier regulations.” The lawyers argued that there was no problem with Seo going on sick leave first, then delivering the hospital medical certificate via email, and extending the leave without returning to the unit after the first leave.
“At the end of the 1st sick leave (from the unit), the 2nd sick leave was first approved orally and the documents were sent by email indicating that they could present the documents later.” It is reported that they need to go back and get permission again, but there is no such content in the regulations (of the Army in Korea) to apply first, and it is not known where those regulations are to be found in the Army regulations. ”
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