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high-ranking public officials criminal investigation office, that is, the Ministry of Public Affairs, has decided to investigate the allegations of illegal hiring of dismissed teachers by Seoul Superintendent Cho Hee-yeon. Several observations have been made on what kind of case the Airborne Service will be the first to take on, and Superintendent Jo Hee-yeon was the subject of the No. 1 investigation.



Reporter Bae Joon-woo covered it.



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This case number, which means it was the first case of this year by the Ministry of Public Affairs, was given to the case of the special hiring of a dismissed teacher by the Seoul Superintendent Jo Hee-yeon.



It is reported that the Ministry of Public Service officially notified the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education last week that it would investigate the case.



Under related laws, the superintendent of education is also subject to investigation by the Ministry of Public Affairs.



In 2018, Superintendent Jo Hee-yeon ordered a special hiring of five dismissed teachers, including those from all school teachers.



In this process, despite opposition from the assistant superintendent and the official in charge, the Board of Audit and Inspection accused Superintendent Cho last month, saying that he had enforced a special recruitment.



The police, who received the accusation, transferred the case to the airlift last month, and after internal discussions, the airlift launched an investigation on charges of abuse of authority.



Johuiyeon superintendent said, but the position that throws over the last month press conference



[johuiyeon / Seoul Superintendent (last month): We first words that throw about what gave apologize for simryeo regarding teachers' special recruitment]



dismissed teachers special recruitment itself He stressed that there are no legal issues.



Superintendent Cho explained through his social media, "The special recruitment system is a legitimate procedure guaranteed by law."



The Ministry of Airborne is planning to complete the formation of the investigation team by designating a department in charge of the investigation of the Airborne Division when 18 investigators officially go to work next week.



Next, we plan to proceed to a full-scale investigation by summoning the relevant person.



(Video coverage: Seo Jin-ho, Video editing: Kim Jong-woo, CG: Lee Jong-jung)