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It is known that the Board of Audit and Inspection, which is reviewing the case of the shooting of a public official in the West Sea, will exclude former President Moon Jae-in from the investigation request.

In a situation where it is not easy to prove the charges, it seems that the suspicion of interference in the audit of the presidential office has been raised.



Reporter Bae Jun-woo reports exclusively.



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One week before the end of the inspection on the West Sea incident, the Board of Audit and Inspection began drafting the report.



Illegal matters and the subject of the investigation request are the core of the report, and it has been confirmed that the Board of Audit and Inspection is focusing on excluding former President Moon Jae-in from the subject of the investigation request.



It is known that this is because of concerns that it could only explode political controversies in a situation where it is difficult to prove specific charges.



[Jang Young-soo/Professor, Korea University Law School: It is about the former president, and the opposition party has a majority in the National Assembly, and under such a political situation, the political burden is bound to be high.]



But variables remain.



It is said that Secretary-General Yoo Byung-ho, who took the lead in sending a written inquiry to President Moon, may oppose the opinions of the working-level staff during the approval process.



Even if ex-President Moon is excluded from the draft report, it is said that it will contain detailed judgments about the illegality of high-ranking government officials at the time of the incident, including former National Security Office Director Suh Hoon and former National Intelligence Service Director Park Ji-won.



An official from the Board of Audit and Inspection said, "The content is vast and there are many subjects, so there should be no error."



The will of the Board of Audit and Inspection to make an interim announcement is also shaky.



A state audit of the Board of Audit and Inspection is scheduled for the coming 11th, and it is an atmosphere that feels a burden internally as the suspicion of interference in the audit by the President's Office has spread due to the disclosure of President Yoo Byung-ho's text message.



Therefore, it is known that the midterm announcement, which has been reviewed for the 17th or 18th, is canceled altogether or is considering a method of distributing only explanatory materials.



(Video editing: Wonhee Won, CG: Hongsik Kim)