<Anchor> The
court is conducting a warrant review for Cha Gyu-geun, head of the Immigration Department of the Justice Department, who is accused of banning illegal departure from former Vice Minister Kim Hak-eui.
Headquarters Cha repeatedly emphasized that "the ban on departure was not illegal" prior to the examination.
Reporter Jeong Yoon-sik reports.
<Reporter> The
substantive examination of the arrest warrant for the immigration head of the Ministry of Justice Gyu-geun Cha started from 10:30 am on the 5th.
When the former Vice Minister of Justice Kim Hak-eui attempted to leave the country late at night on March 22 last year, Director Cha is under suspicion of approval after knowing that Prosecutor Lee Gyu-won, a member of the Supreme Prosecutors' Office, had an emergency ban on departure with fake documents.
In addition, he first proposed a ban on illegal departure for former Vice Minister Kim, and is also suspected of falsifying internal computer records at the Immigration Headquarters, fearing that former Vice Minister Kim will protest this later.
Director Cha said that there was no illegal in the process of banning departure, and emphasized that the ban on departure at the time was a necessary measure.
[Kyu-geun Cha/Director of Immigration and Foreigners Policy Division, Ministry of Justice: If the former Vice Minister of Justice Kim Hak-eui just fled overseas, it would not have resulted in the collapse of the common sense and justice that our society has built up over the years. ]
It seems that the decision on whether to issue an arrest warrant for the head of the Cha headquarters will be decided late tonight.
Separately, prosecutors Lee Gyu-won, who is accused of urgent withdrawal, and Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office, Lee Seong-yoon, who are suspicious of blocking further investigations, transferred the case to the airlift in accordance with the law.