Seung-Jun Yoo “I am an exempt person, I don’t avoid military service … Au, I feel uncomfortable for my son”

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Singer Yoo Seung-joon (American Steve Seung-jun Yoo) said on the 31st, “I am an exempter of military service and not an evader of military service. “You have to take responsibility.”

After leaving Korea in 2002 before enlisting in the military, Yoo Seung-joon renounced his Korean citizenship and obtained American citizenship. Subsequently, at the request of the Military Human Resources Administration, a decision was made to ban entry and since then the government has refused to issue a visa to Seung-jun Yoo.

He uploaded a one hour and 22 minute video titled ‘Why is the Justice Ministry just watching?’ On his YouTube channel that day. In front of the video, he made an angry voice saying that the media report about him deviated from the essence of the case.

Furthermore, by referring to the Minister of Justice Chu Mi-ae, he also pointed to the suspicions of his son, Seo-mo, 28, that he had not returned to military leave. However, through explanation, he said: “The issue of Minister Chu’s resignation has changed the new Minister of Justice,” he said, “Please take into account what you are handing over to the Chief Justice of the Ministry of Justice. Justice”.

Seung-Jun Yoo said, “The essence of my problem is fairness and fairness.” “It is considered fair to prohibit a person from entering the country for 19 years without regard to due process, since acquiring US citizenship is considered an evasion of military service.” Said.

“I used the return guarantee system, which is not a special case, but anyone who is obliged to military service, and I left the country with legal permission,” he argued, saying: “I am free to go anywhere before the day of enlistment, and it is not a violation of the Military Service Act. ”

“I acquired US citizenship before enlistment day and my Korean nationality was automatically lost. This also cannot be a violation of the Military Service Act. However, I was barred from entering the country for a long period of 19 years.” Director of Military Human Resources Administration, please tell me, “he added.

Yoo Seung-jun said, “I don’t admit that I avoided military service,” he said, but said that the entry limit for him is severe compared to that even criminals and evacuees can enter the country after a certain period of time. .

The Minister of Justice, Choo Mi-ae, is on the morning of the 31st to work at the Ministry of Justice in Gwacheon, Gyeonggi-do. News 1

“The decision to prohibit entry is made by the Ministry of Justice, and we are shirking the responsibility behind the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Administration of Military Human Resources and we are observing,” he said. “Please say something to Minister Chu. Are you uncomfortable with your son?”

He also added: “It is only one person in the history of the Republic of Korea who was banned from entering the country because obtaining US citizenship was considered to evade military service,” he added. “It is a strict witch hunt. Violation of human rights and suppression of human rights.”

On the 19th of last month, after Democratic Party lawmaker Kim Byeong-ju initiated the so-called ‘Steve U Prevention Law’, Yoo Seung-jun continues to criticize the government’s entry ban. Representative Kim proposed a package of five bills (Nationality Law, Immigration Control Law, Korean Overseas Law, State Public Officials Law, and Local Public Officials Law) to prevent evasion from military service through change of nationality.

Meanwhile, Kim Do-eup’s People’s Power Office, citing data presented by the Ministry of Justice, announced on day 1 that “The Seoul High Prosecutor’s Office is investigating the case of appealing the return of Minister Chu’s son upon return from the holidays”.

Reporter Seok-Hyun Ko [email protected]