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Joint Investigation Team of the Ministry of National Defense, which is investigating the case of sexual assault and death of an Air Force sergeant, raided the Air Force headquarters' legal office. The purpose of this is to examine whether the legal office has actually neglected the poor investigation of this case.
Reporter Hak-Hwi Kim reported.
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Air Force Headquarters Legal Office, which was seized and searched by the Joint Investigation Team of the Ministry of National Defense, oversees the operation of the military prosecution and the military court in the Air Force.
It is known that the search and seizure targets include the office of Brigadier General Jeon Ik-su, the head of the Air Force's legal office.
On the 1st, when the death of Sergeant A was raised to the public's attention, the military announced that it would uncover the truth of the incident centered on the Air Force's Justice Office.
[Choi Yun-seok / Air Force Seoul Public Affairs Team Leader (last 1st): Formed a joint task force with the military prosecutor and the military police headed by the Air Force Justice Department chief… .] The
reason that the Air Force's legal office was changed to the investigation target is because the 20th Wing's military prosecutor's office, commanded by the Office of Justice, is under suspicion of poor and delayed investigation, such as not investigating the perpetrator for nearly two months after sending the case until Sergeant A's death. is.
Through the data obtained today (16th), the Hap Sudan decided to examine whether the law office actually neglected the investigation of insolvency.
However, this search and seizure took place 15 days after the Ministry of National Defense took over the case from the Air Force and six days after the Defense Minister announced the search and seizure.
[Gimdoeup / the national forces Senator (last 10 days, the National Assembly beopsawi): I'm looking at this issue very seriously in the victim's survivor's side]
[seouk / Ministry of Defense (last 10 days, the National Assembly beopsawi) beopmusil degrees (search and seizure) I will do it.]
Even the search and seizure, which require speedy and security, was delayed, but there are voices asking if it can properly uncover allegations of poor investigation.
The Hap Sudan also plans to investigate the suspicion of negligence of a military judge appointed as a public defender for Sergeant A, and whether officials from the law office divulged the victim's personal information.
(Video coverage: Han Il-sang, video editing: Kim Jong-woo)