<Anchor>



There are suspicions that the son of Minister Choo Mi-ae received preferential treatment while in the military.

Along with suspicions related to vacation, a suspicion of requesting an interpreter for the Pyeongchang Olympics was raised, and yesterday (7th) we delivered that a person in the representative office of the Democratic Party called an official in the Defense Minister's Office ahead of the Pyeongchang Olympics and inquired about the procedure for dispatching interpreters.

(▶ [Exclusive] "The Democratic Party's representative's office asked for the procedure for dispatching interpreters.") However, an additional testimony came out that before the report came out, an additional testimony was made that a person from the office of Attorney General Chu Mi-ae had begged the fact of the inquiries to be made to be absent. 



This is the exclusive report by reporter Baek Woon. 



<Reporter>



Ahead of the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics, at the time the military tried to select a KATUSA Soldier to be dispatched as an interpreter, the son of Justice Minister Chu Miae was serving as a KATUSA Soldier. He claimed that there was a request from the Ministry of Defense, etc., asking for a selection.



At the time, a key official from the Ministry of Defense testified to the SBS reporter yesterday that "Chu Mi-ae, an official from the Democratic Party's representative office, inquired about the procedure for dispatching interpreters to an official in the defense minister's office".



However, before the testimony was reported, a person from the Office of Attorney General Choo Mi-ae called the official of the Defense Minister's Office who received the call at the time and said, "Please make sure that you did not receive such a call at that time," a Democratic Party official said.



When asked about the facts to the Ministry of Justice, the answer came back, saying, "I will not answer because it is an investigation."



The Prohibition of Solicitation Act stipulates “an act of making military service tasks such as assigning troops and assigning positions to be handled in violation of laws and regulations” to public officials as illegal solicitation.



Even if Mr. Seo is not selected as an interpreter, he is subject to punishment if there is an illegal solicitation in the content of the call. The National Human Rights Commission of Korea is planning to interpret it as if it is a violation of the law.



Regarding the claim that Colonel A, "After being asked to move the troops of Mr. Seo, he met Seo's family at the training completion ceremony and taught him to'don't ask'," said Mr. Seo's side. "I haven't met you," he refuted that it was unfounded.



(Video coverage: Kim Hyun-sang, Lee Seung-hwan, video editing: Park Jeong-sam)  



▶ [Exclusive] "One of the autumn couples called the defense department for a complaint"


▶ 軍 "KATUSA Soldiers are according to Korean military regulations... the judgment is by the prosecution"