"A government official is estimated to disappear from 2 to 3 a.m.…phone is artificially turned off"

Maritime Police Commissioner Kim Hong-hee first revealed the disappearance of an official from the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries who were attacked in North Korea.

Commissioner Kim received an inquiry from the Democratic Party's Rep. Kim Seung-nam at the National Assembly's National Assembly, Agriculture, Forestry, Livestock, Food, Marine and Fishery Committee on the 8th I judged it around 3 o'clock."

This is the first time that the Coast Guard identified the disappearance time zone of A (47), a fishery instructor of the West Sea Fishery Guidance Management Group of the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, who was missing from the fishing guidance line Mugunghwa 10 on the 21st of last month and was shot off the coast of the North Korean mountain cape.

Earlier, the Haekyung made a wide estimate of the disappearance time from 1:35 am to 11:30 am on the day of the last day when the third officer, a colleague who worked with A, at Mugunghwa No. 10 saw him last.

Commissioner Kim also said, "I don't think the drift prediction system can go up to the Northern Limit Line (NLL) without artificial effort," he said. "It's not easy, but if you use life jackets and buoyancy materials in the flow of tide, you can reach the location found on the North Korean side. "I think it's possible."

The Coast Guard also said that it was judged that Mr. A had fled North Korea when it was announced the results of the interim investigation on the 29th of last month, but said it has not yet accused him of violating the National Security Law.

In the afternoon of that afternoon, Commissioner Kim asked Democratic Party lawmaker Lee Won-taek's question, "Do you immediately apply the National Security Act (violation) to (Mr. A)?" When there is a clear threat to liberal democracy according to the revised National Treasure Act in 1991 "It is strictly applied," he said, "it's in the internal affairs stage, and it hasn't been filed."

He explained, "When a missing person comes out from the sea, we first investigate the people around him," he said. "Because there are many suspicions about the relationship, we are focusing on the investigation."

At the Governor's Office that day, the Hae-kyung further mentioned that his mobile phone was artificially turned off as evidence of the circumstances of Mr. A's visit to North Korea.

Commissioner Kim said, "I can't confirm it, but I think there is a difference between when the phone is deliberately turned off and when the phone is deliberately turned off, although I can't confirm it." Can be."

He also added, "If I was stumbled, I could call 119 or acquaintances because my cell phone was waterproof, but that wasn't the case."

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