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In the process of selecting interpreters for the PyeongChang Olympics, a transcript of an indirect solicitation related to the son of Minister Chu was released yesterday (6th).A key official of the Ministry of Defense said that a representative from the Democratic Party at the time called an official from the Ministry of Defense's office to discuss the procedure for dispatching interpreters. I told our reporters today that I had inquired.



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For the PyeongChang Winter Olympics held in February 2018, the military planned to select 60 KATUSA soldiers and dispatch them as interpreters.



At the time, the son of Democratic Party President Chu Mi-ae, Mr. Seo Mo, was serving as a KATUSA soldier. At the time, a key member of the Ministry of Defense told SBS, "Ahead of the PyeongChang Olympics, an official from the Democratic Party's representative office asked an official of the Ministry of Defense's office over the phone about the procedure for dispatching interpreters."



The official added, "I have spread this inquiry to the military aide's office, and I know that the military aide's office has spoken to the relevant units."



After that, he said that he received the KATUSA Soldier's response that "we will select by random lottery for fairness" and delivered it to the Democratic Party's representative office.



Former Colonel A, the commander of the ROK military support group, who was in charge of personnel of the KATUSA Soldier at the time, said this in a recording file released yesterday by Congressman Wonsik Shin's Power of the People.



[A Former Colonel/At the time, US 8th Army Korea Support Group Leader: The request to send (Seo as an interpreter) came from the minister's office or the National Assembly liaison team, and I was asked to my subordinates, but I changed the selection method.

By lot.]



It is said that the Ministry of Defense and the like had asked Seo to select an interpreter, so it was changed to a lottery selection.



In the end, Mr. Seo was eliminated from the lottery and was not selected as an interpreter.



At the time, a senior leader in the Democratic Party's representative office denied in a phone call with SBS that "there was no fact that the party representative office made a phone call with the Ministry of National Defense regarding the selection of interpreters for the son of Minister Chu."



The Ministry of Justice said, "We will not respond because it is an investigation."



(Video coverage: Kim Hyeon-sang and Ha-Ryung, video editing: Won-hee Won)



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