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prosecution is speeding up the investigation into the 1st Wolseong nuclear power plant.
Attorney General Yoon Seok-yeol criticized him for politics, saying that this is a political investigation. Today (11th), the 8 o'clock news looks at the news surrounding the Attorney General and the Attorney General.
First, it turned out that the prosecution, investigating suspicions that the government had manipulated the economic evaluation of the Wolseong nuclear power plant, confiscated and searched the homes and mobile phones of two officials from the Ministry of Industry.
These are employees who were dispatched to the Blue House when the decision to shut down the nuclear power plant was made.
First, reporter Kang Cheong-wan.
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Last week, the prosecution, who conducted a major seizure search of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy and the headquarters of Korea Gas Corporation, was belatedly revealed that in the process, the homes and mobile phones of two managers of the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy were seized.
They were dispatched as administrators to the Office of the Blue House's industrial policy secretary in 2018, when the Blue House decided to close the Wolseong nuclear power plant early in 2018. Lost.
Prosecutors are said to look into whether they have intervened in the process of evaluating the economic feasibility of nuclear power plants and deciding to close them early.
The prosecution's blade is aimed at the upper line of the Blue House, following the president of Korea Gas Corporation, Chae Hee-bong, who was then the secretary for industrial policy at the Blue House, and administrative officers in charge of business.
It is expected that the speed will accelerate for officials of the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy to check whether there has been any intervention or instruction from the Blue House and other superiors in the process of disposing of the materials before the audit.
Earlier, the Board of Audit and Inspection delivered a 7,000-page investigation reference material to the prosecution, stating that there was a problem with the decision to close the early Wolseong nuclear power plant.
Inside and outside of the legal profession, there is a prospect that the allegations can be proved because the contents are detailed and clear.
It is an evaluation that this data played a part in the court's issue of warrants for seizure and search for the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy and the Korea Gas Corporation.
Depending on the progress of the investigation, the possibility of seizure and seizure of the Blue House is raised. In this case, the backlash from the passport is likely to increase and the wave will increase.
(Video coverage: Yang Doo-won, video editing: Ha Seong-won)