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Today (18th) at the National Assembly, there was a state inspection of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office, which is investigating this case.
When the news of the request for a warrant was spread, the opposition strongly opposed the prosecution, arguing that the investigation was conducted in consultation with the Board of Audit and Inspection.
This news will be delivered by reporter Hong Young-jae.
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After hearing the news of the arrest warrant requested during the lunch break, in the afternoon, the Democratic Party lawmakers complained about it.
[Kim Eui- gyeom
/ Democratic Party lawmaker: I think that such a phenomenon is happening that completely reverses the case and leads them to North Korea.]
Everything will be revealed after a while.]
Even after the arrest warrant was requested four days after the Board of Audit and Inspection request, suspicions were raised that there was a sympathy between the prosecution and the Board of Audit and Inspection.
[Kim Eui-gyeom / Democratic Party Member: The Board of Audit and Inspection is now clearing obstacles in advance instead of the prosecution, which has to comply with various legal procedures, and the prosecution is going down the road…
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[Park Beom-gye / Democratic Party Member: (The Auditor of the Board of Audit and Inspection) Reminiscent of an investigation by the Special Department.
I think this overlapping investigation is a problem, but in particular, the request for an investigation by the Board of Audit and Inspection in a hurry to the prosecution is a kind of driving public opinion.]
The Seoul Central District Prosecutor's Office, Song Kyung-ho, said that he only requested an arrest warrant considering the seriousness of the crime and the possibility of destroying evidence. He replied that there was no consultation.
[Song Kyung-ho / Chief Prosecutor of Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office: It is not appropriate for me to give my personal opinion about the affairs of other agencies as I am directly directing the investigation as a front-line prosecutor...
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The opposition parties took opposing positions.
The Democratic Party criticized the request for an unreasonable arrest warrant, saying it was suspicious that it was a planned work to make President Yoon Seok-yeol's diplomatic disaster forgotten.
The People's Power evaluated that the judgment of the arrest investigation was appropriate, saying that revealing the truth in the face of the unfair death of our people is the minimum.
(Video coverage: Won-hee Won)
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