South Korean prosecutors said they instructed relevant agencies to delete information that did not meet the judgment of the Moon Jae-in administration at the time, regarding the incident in which the crew of a fishing guidance vessel was shot dead by the North Korean army. , the former head of the National Security Office was arrested on suspicion of abuse of power.
In September two years ago, in the Yellow Sea on the west side of the Korean Peninsula, the crew of a South Korean fishing instruction vessel was shot dead by the North Korean army, and the South Korean Coast Guard initially explained that the crew tried to cross to North Korea themselves. .
However, in June after the inauguration of the Yun Seong-yeol administration, the Coast Guard overturned its previous judgment and announced that it could not find the grounds for the explanation it had initially given, and the South Korean prosecutor's office at that time Moon Jae-in. We have launched an investigation into the government's response to the incident.
The prosecution also accused the former head of the National Security Office, Suh Hoon, at the time to instruct related agencies to delete information that did not meet the government's judgment on the incident, and on the 3rd, abused the former head of the office. was arrested on suspicion of
South Korean media reports that the prosecution is investigating the possibility that there was fraud within the previous administration, which emphasized improving relations with North Korea. It is also reported that there is a possibility that the investigation will reach directly.