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prosecution, investigating the suspicion that the economic evaluation of the Wolseong nuclear power plant has been fabricated, has requested an arrest warrant against former Minister Baek Un-gyu, then head of the Ministry of Industry.

Allegations were applied of unjustly intervening in the process of closing the nuclear power plant earlier than planned and of being involved in deleting 530 files containing related contents.



This is reporter Ahn Hee-jae.



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"The former Minister of Industry, Baek Woon-gyu, pressed the officials of the Ministry of Industry two years ago, and the board of directors of KHNP decided to immediately shut down the Wolseong nuclear power plant."



In response to the auditor's criticism, Baek argued that "for the decision to shut down the nuclear power plant, both the Ministry of Industry and KHNP considered economic feasibility as well as comprehensively."



The judgment of the prosecution who requested an arrest warrant for former Minister Baek was the same as that of the auditor.



It is said that the former Minister Baek overturned the policy that the nuclear power plant could be extended and operated, and had an unfair influence on the board's decision.



The prosecution is said to have confirmed this situation while calling the former Minister Baek to investigate.



In addition, officials of the Ministry of Industry secretly came to the office on holiday nights and deleted 530 files, paying attention to the background that hindered the audit, and whether there was an order from Minister Baek to the practitioners who ordered the document to be deleted, another external pressure in the process of changing internal policy It has been known to focus on questioning whether there was no.



In addition, rapport between the former Minister Baek and the Blue House in the decision to close early is also a key investigation.



If the prosecution secures a new recruit for former Minister Baek, it is expected to gain momentum in the investigations of the top ranks, including the Blue House, such as Chae Hee-bong, president of Korea Gas Corporation, who was then the Blue House industrial policy secretary.



(Video editing: Park Ji-in)