In the question of the National Assembly's government, the opposition party's accusations over the suspicion of the son's preferential treatment for the son of Minister Choo Mi-ae were poured out on Defense Minister Chung Gyeong-du, while Minister Jeong Gyeong-doo made a remark in recognition of the problem.
Rep. Ha Tae-gyeong said in a questionnaire to the government of the National Assembly in the fields of diplomacy, reunification and security held today (15th), "The Ministry of National Defense, representing our military, poured cold water on the efforts of these soldiers (who reported suspicion)." He criticized the Ministry of Defense, saying, "We even smashed abstract military regulations to save Minister Chu's son while standing on the side of Goliath."
Then, "The Ministry of Defense announced on the 10th that there is no violation of the regulations for private leave," and set the day for Defense Minister Jung Kyung-du.
Then, Minister Chung Gyeong-doo responded, advocating Minister Chu, saying, "There is a solidarity integrated administration system system managed by our army," and "Because there are such records, if you look at the records, it would have been through such approval procedures normally." I did.
Rep. Ha Tae-gyeong continued to raise suspicion of preferential treatment against Choo's son, citing cases of discrimination on vacation from other soldiers.
Rep. Ha Tae-kyung said, "Private Seo was treated on the 4th and received sick leave on the 19th. This informant only had the medical documents for 3 days, so 10 days out of the 2 weeks of sick leave was deducted from her love leave." I don’t have it, but I was discriminated against.”
After hearing the question, Minister Chung Gyeong-du responded, saying, "I know that it is the correct procedure to be like that (reported) friend."
In the case of the private sector, the fact is that there are no data that can be checked right now, so I can't say anything here. If you need such parts now, why don't you have the data left in the prosecution investigation? If you can confirm these parts, you have to investigate there."
Rep. Ha Tae-gyeong once again asked, "The reporter is valid, so the private soldier is wrong, did you say this, right?" Minister Jung Gyeong-doo admitted the problem, saying, "I understand that the original regulations are so."
In response to Rep. Ha Tae-gyeong's urge to apologize, he said, "It is not such an operation system of the Ministry of Defense, which is in order to give certain privileges, but at least one of them said that there was a disadvantage for not being able to properly apply such regulations or these. As the Minister of Defense, I will manage it thoroughly so that it will not happen in the future.”
Meanwhile, at the same time, the prosecution confiscated and searched the Ministry of Defense to obtain related data, such as recording files of calls to the Ministry of Defense's Civil Affairs Office.
Can we properly resolve the suspicion of preferential vacation for Choo's son, who has now passed over to the prosecution in the political rivalry between opposition parties?
(Composition: Eul-sun Cho, editor: Hong-myeong Lee)