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circle, the opposition and opposition parties continued to fight over other issues.

The ruling party claimed that the National Security Office at the time led the forcible return of fishermen from North Korea three years ago.



For more details, reporter Kang Min-woo will tell you.



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When the North Korean fishermen were repatriated to North Korea in November 2019, the Ministry of Unification pointed out the National Security Office of the Moon Jae-in government when a special police force was dispatched instead of the Ministry of Unification or Red Cross staff.



[Lee Hyo-jeong / Deputy Spokesperson of the Ministry of Unification: At that time, it was decided to repatriate through Panmunjom in consultation with the relevant ministries led by the National Security Office, and I know that the repatriation procedure was also carried out.]



The people’s strength was also at the time, even though the UNC refused to repatriate North Korea several times, the Moon Jae-in government claimed to have engaged in risky transactions with North Korea.



[Han Ki-ho / People's Power National Security Disturbance Investigation TF Chairman: When the UN Command continued to inquire about repatriation to North Korea, it refused even five times, saying, 'We cannot agree'.

Nevertheless, the police mobilized...

.]



The Democratic Party countered that the Yun Seok-yeol administration was driving public opinion in a new north wind to make up for the decline in approval ratings.



[Woo Sang-ho / Democratic Party Emergency Response Committee Chairman: The government's public opinion, which was defined as a crime against humanity and humanity, because it was extradited as a criminal to the North, went too far.]



It is not unusual for a North Korean to be repatriated by sea, and the average length of time is 5.6 days.



In addition, Kim Tae-hyo, the first deputy director of the National Security Office, claimed that he intervened in the announcement of the overturn after receiving a report on the case of a civil servant in the West Sea on May 24 without obtaining permission to handle special handling information SI.



[Kim Byung-joo / Democratic Party West Sea Official Death Case TF Director: This is a huge security incident.

It was a political offensive led by the National Security Office of the President that overturned the judgment of North Korea...

.]



The Ministry of National Defense countered that the first deputy chief of the Security Office could read the SI from the time of his appointment.



The prosecution, which is investigating the case of the NIS accusations related to the killing of a public official and repatriation of fishermen to North Korea, said that they had banned Park Ji-won from leaving the country and notified former Director Seo Hoon, who is staying in the United States, upon entering the country.



(Video coverage: Cho Chun-dong, video editing: Ha Seong-won)