<Anchor> The
Joint Military Investigation Division, which is investigating the death of an Air Force noncommissioned officer, launched an additional search and seizure today (7th). The bereaved family sued the public defender of the Air Force Law Office, who was in charge of defending the victim at the beginning of the incident. For more details, we will connect with reporters who are at the incense burner.
Reporter Kim Hye-young, first of all, on what charges did the bereaved family sue the public defender?
<Reporter>
The first allegation raised by the bereaved family is negligence.
It is said that he did not properly help after being appointed as an attorney on March 9th.
The bereaved family claims that all they exchanged phone calls and text messages without having had a direct interview until Sergeant A died.
In response, Mr. B's lawyer explained that he had personal circumstances such as a honeymoon on the phone with SBS, talked to Sergeant A 7 times, and exchanged text messages 12 times.
The bereaved family claimed that B had other charges that could not be condoned besides the negligence of duty.
<Anchor>
Where did the joint investigation team go?
<Reporter> The place where the
joint investigation team carried out a search and seizure this afternoon is the 20th Fighter Wing of the Air Force where the Sergeant A incident occurred.
This applies to the offices where the immediate superiors, first lieutenant sergeant No and No, who are suspected of systematically covering up the incident, such as convincing Sergeant A, worked.
They and the residence of a sergeant who was driving the vehicle at the time of the sexual assault were also included in the search and seizure targets.
It was confirmed that the joint investigation team also called the husband of Sergeant A, who is known to have received conciliation, as a witness.
<Anchor>
Apart from the investigation, the Ministry of National Defense also went into its own audit, right?
<Reporter>
Yes, the 20th Fighter Wing, where Sergeant A worked, the 15th Special Mission Wing, and the Air Force Headquarters Gender Equality Center are the targets.
The Gender Equality Center is suspected of not reporting the incident to the Ministry of National Defense for more than a month even after being aware of the damage on March 5, three days after the sexual harassment incident occurred.
In the midst of this, President Moon Jae-in, at a recent Blue House meeting, said today that the recent military-related anger cannot be ignored, and ordered the establishment of an organization for improving the barracks culture and allowing the civilians to participate.
(Video coverage: Kim Se-kyung, video editing: Park Ji-in, on-site moderator: Compilation-hyung)