[Interview file] The Ministry of National Defense... 秋 gained, lost heart

It was better to endure to the end if I had decided to do so.

The'References related to press reports' distributed by the Ministry of Defense to reporters yesterday (10th) was a partial work for Minister Chu and his son.

For officers who may have been plagued by the people on the minister's side, it became a non-founded confirmation of the offense.

It means that the Ministry of National Defense has mistreated the unclear subordinates in order to protect the Minister Chu's side.

Another official document from the Ministry of Defense, denying the Ministry of Defense reference materials, was released within a day, and the Ministry of Defense is now in a difficult position for Ja Seung-ja-bak (自繩自縛).

Reference materials from the Ministry of Defense are excerpts of the provisions related to extended leave from the Basic Military Service Act and Unit Management Directive.

We found and introduced a provision that the petitioned leave can be extended without a medical examination at the military hospital, and if there is an unavoidable reason, the holiday can be extended by phone.

The reference material did not state that the process of extending KATUSA Soldier's leave for Mr. Seo, the son of Minister Chu, was legitimate, but in fact implied the same meaning.

A definite interpretation of the Ministry of Defense reference materials was published on the Facebook page of Deputy General Manager Nam-woo Lee, who moved to the Veterans Affairs Office last month after taking charge of the matter as the head of the Ministry of Defense's Personnel Welfare Office.

Deputy Director Lee condemned many media and public opinion, saying, "It is not only allowed for privileged people to extend vacations over the phone" and "What's wrong with parents asking for vacation extensions to the Ministry of Defense's Civil Affairs Office?"

If there are unavoidable circumstances, you can notify the unit by phone and extend the vacation.

To do this, a new vacation order must be drawn up.

In Seo's case, there are no vacation orders.

Defense Minister Jeong Gyeong-du also said at the National Assembly's defense committee meeting on September 1 that "there are no documents left behind."

The Ministry of Defense reference material did not say anything about this.

Eventually, the responsibility for the absence of documents falls on the army commanders of the KATUSA Soldier Support Group at the time.

Leave orders without leave ordered out of service, or desertion, was an important procedure, but the Ministry of Defense pretended not to know.

Even though their subordinates could be in trouble unfairly, they turned away.

The KATUSA Soldier Group DC Inside'KATUSA Gallery' issued a statement yesterday and urged the Ministry of Defense to reveal the evaporation of Seo's sick leave records, saying, "Who are the materials presented by the Ministry of Defense, which should maintain political neutrality?"

He also criticized, "(The Ministry of National Defense reference material) made it impossible for the public to judge how the aide at the time of the party's representative office called Seo's unit and whether external pressure was acting on the extension of sick leave."

Ministry of National Defense's reference materials stated, "The extension of sick leave through the Medical Care Review Committee applies only to those in hospital."

Seo didn't have a medical examination, which is a legal procedure because he wasn't hospitalized at the time.

However, it was revealed yesterday that the Ministry of Defense issued an official letter to each military in March 2017, three months before Seo's leave, saying,'Instruction to emphasize compliance with the petition leave for treatment purposes for active-duty soldiers.

The petition leave for medical purposes is the first 10 days, and it is an official letter with the intent to go through the medical treatment review committee of a military hospital if an extension is necessary.

Yesterday, the Ministry of Defense reference material said, "Only when you are hospitalized, you go through the Medical Care Review Committee," but the official letter of compliance with the petition leave said, "You must go through the Medical Care Review Committee when extending," so the Ministry of National Defense was unable to raise its face.

It seems that the Ministry of Defense officials denied the Ministry of Defense reference materials.

The Ministry of Defense clarified that "the statement that it applies only to inpatients has been omitted from the official letter" and "the letter was not delivered to the unit where Mr. Seo was."

The fault is that it is in the official text itself and in the system of lowering the official text.

For some reason, the Ministry of Defense is looking for all faults in this matter only within the military.

fact, active duty soldiers cannot openly protest this attitude of the Ministry of Defense.

Nevertheless, the buzz of cynicism and criticism against the Ministry of Defense is heard throughout the military.

An active duty officer criticized "the Department of Defense is crawling around by external pressure" and "the intention to drive the military into an administrative error and put it over the army."

Another officer criticized, "If the ruling party's parents and the ruling party's aide call and get agitated, no matter how big an executive, he doesn't have the skills to endure."

A deputy sergeant who will be discharged next year said, "I am a KATUSA Soldier named'Comfortable Army' by Rep. Sang-ho Right, and there is no reason to call the parents and assistants rotating around," and "All mothers with soldiers as children can call the Ministry of Defense complaints office. If that mother is the ruling party representative, the unit contacted through the civil petition office received a request from the ruling party representative."

He exploded, saying, "The Ministry of National Defense is throwing out his subordinates for power, but which soldier will believe in the Ministry of Defense and fight the enemy?"