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Former Minister of Justice Cho Kook, who came to the trial on the alleged suspicion of prosecution against former economic vice mayor Yoo Jae-soo, again strongly criticized the prosecution. At today's (14th) trial, a new testimony came out.

For more details, reporter Won Jong-jin will deliver.

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Former Justice Minister Cho Kook argued that the former Vice-Chief Yoo rejected the inspection and demanded resignation from the Blue House Civil Affairs Office at the time.

[Cho Kook/Former Minister: If it is a criminal offense that the subject of the prosecution has refused to comply with the prosecution and cannot proceed with the legal prosecution anymore, the prosecution has the right to compulsory investigation and the prosecution that has the right to supervise. .]

But at the trial, the opposite testimony came out.

At the time, Vice Chairman of the Financial Services Commission, Kim Yong-beom, the first vice minister of the Ministry of Strategy and Finance, said that the Blue House Civil Service Secretary Baek Won-woo said, "Some of the abuses of Yoo Jae-soo have not been resolved, so please refer to personnel."

He said that he received the resignation of former Vice Mayor Yoo in the hope of becoming the chief expert committee member of the Democratic Party.

This means that the Financial Services Commission was not resigned for refusing to comply with the Blue House inspection.

In response, Minister Cho and Secretary Baek were confronted with the idea that the Chief Civil Service Office did not have the authority to impose disciplinary action on the Financial Services Commission, and that it was a problem that the Financial Services Commission, which had disciplinary power, did not request the Blue House to submit data.

Former Minister Cho has raised the level of criticism by comparing the prosecution's authority to investigate directly to an iron stick.

[Cho Kook/Former Minister: How should we understand that he wields an iron stick against other state agencies and does not even have a bat for internal corruption?] The

prosecution reviewed the proceedings of the trial and added a charge of abandonment to the prosecution of former Minister Cho It is a policy to conclude whether to do it.

(Video coverage: Yang Doo-won, video editing: Yumira)