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After a South Korean official was shot and killed by a North Korean military in the West Sea two years ago, suspicions have recently surfaced that the Ministry of National Defense has deleted sensitive information from the military intelligence network.

At that time, a key official of the Security Line told our reporters that the information was not deleted, but was restricted to only necessary places as it was sensitive information.



The details will be delivered by Kim Tae-hoon, a defense expert reporter.



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On the night of September 22, 2020, the South Korean military captured the situation in which Lee Dae-jun, an official of the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, was shot and his body was incinerated after being shot by the North Korean military.



At 1 am on the 23rd, the Blue House convened a meeting of ministers of related ministries to discuss countermeasures, and it was found that Defense Minister Seo Wook immediately instructed the Defense Intelligence Headquarters to restrict the spread of information about the military information integration system and Mims.



At that time, a key official of the Security Line said in a phone call with SBS, "Participants of the Blue House meeting were also bewildered and concerned about the indiscriminate spread of sensitive information. "He said.



It is said that there was sympathy with the Blue House National Security Office in issuing the guidelines of the Defense Minister.



The official said that it is in accordance with the provisions of the Mims security guidelines that the destination of information can be adjusted, and that the Defense Intelligence Agency has selected the department and unit to receive the information.



There was no deletion of the information, the official added.



In this regard, it is said that the Board of Audit and Inspection, which is auditing the Ministry of National Defense, will look into the instructions of former Minister Seo Wook as well as the National Security Office.



Lee Rae-jin, the older brother of the deceased public servant, also filed a complaint with the prosecution against Seo and Lee Young-cheol, former head of the information division, on charges of abuse of power.



On the other hand, the Democratic Party's West Sea case TF defined this case as a political case in which the Yun Seok-yeol government intervened and delivered a questionnaire to the presidential office asking for its position.



(Video coverage: Han Il-sang, video editing: Jeong Seong-hoon)