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Prosecutors are said to have caught the circumstances in which Rep. Park Sang-hyeok had extensive contact with figures from the Ministry of Industry at the time during the previous administration.
The Democratic Party has already defined this investigation as political retaliation and has declared that it will throw its whole body to block it, so depending on the outcome of the investigation, the impact on the political world may grow bigger in the future.
Following is the exclusive report by reporter Hak-Hwi Kim.
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Prosecutors believe that Rep. Park Sang-hyuk conveyed the will of the Blue House to the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy regarding the appointment of heads of departments affiliated with the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy when he was a Blue House administrator.
The person that the prosecution pays attention to is Mr. A, who was in charge of operation support at the Ministry of Industry and Trade, as he communicated with Rep. Park.
Prosecutors suspect that the intention of the Blue House, which passed through Rep. Park and Mr. A, was transferred to Director B, who is known to have directly urged the heads of agencies affiliated with the Ministry of Industry to resign.
In this regard, it is known that the prosecution has also secured evidence of several communications between Rep. Park and Mr. A.
It is also believed that Rep. Park had extensive contact not only with Mr. A, but also with other key officials of the Ministry of Industry.
In particular, the prosecution is paying attention to the fact that the heads of agencies who took office during the Park Geun-hye administration during the Baek Un-gyu era have resigned, and that a close aide to a powerful passport holder at the time took office as the head of an agency affiliated with the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy.
In a phone call with SBS, the person in question countered, "I was appointed normally after submitting documents and interviewing according to the public offering process.
The Democratic Party announced yesterday (13th) that when a warrant for former Minister Baek Un-gyu was requested, it was defined as an investigation into political retaliation against the Moon Jae-in government and would be stopped even by throwing one's body.
Following the warrant of former Minister Paik, former government officials and incumbent members of the opposition party are also subject to investigation, so it is expected that the impact on the entire political arena will not be formidable.
(Video coverage: Cho Chun-dong, Yang Doo-won, video editing: Yu Mira)