Controversy over 'communication inquiry', question at the National Assembly... What did the Chief Air Force do not answer?

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Let's learn more about this content with reporter Lim Chan-jong of the legal team.

[Chan-Jong Lim/Reporter: I will explain while talking about the investigation process of the allegation of accusation that caused the problem.

One of the targets of the investigation is People's Power Rep. Kim Woong. The Ministry of Airlift and Security obtained a court warrant and secured not only Kim Woong's call history but also KakaoTalk usage history.

This data is the communication fact confirmation data.

Here, the phone numbers of the people that Rep. Kim Woong called and those who were in the group chat room are displayed all the time.

So, in order to figure out who it is, the investigative agency receives the telecommunication company subscriber information, name, and resident registration number of those who use the phone number listed here from the telecommunication company, and this is the communication data.

This does not require a court warrant.

That is why the Ministry of Airborne Affairs is arguing that it is not a temple, saying that the personal information of members of opposition lawmakers was only identified through communication data inquiry during the verification process of the call party of Rep. Kim Woong.]

[Im Chan-jong/Reporter: However, the opposition is also strongly protesting this part, but even if it is not the temple, there is a criticism that even the lawmakers unrelated to the case of the accusation were viewed too many times. Because too much personal information has fallen into the hands of investigative agencies. Director Kim Jin-wook also replied that it was not a violation of the law, but that he would examine whether it was too much. However, among the issues raised this time, there are some very important suspicions that the Minister of Airborne Affairs has avoided answering.]

[Reporter Lim Chan-jong/Reporter: Unlike simply checking who was on the phone with the investigation target, Director Kim Jin-wook also acknowledged it, but inquiring about the call history can be seen as a full-fledged investigation into the person involved, so it is different That's a problem. In the course of the spread of this controversy, it was revealed that the Ministry of Air Transport had not only inquired about subscriber information but also the call history of the reporter who wrote the CCTV article about the investigation into the emperor Lee Seong-yoon. He declined to respond, stating that the matter is under investigation. He did not explain the allegation that he had mobilized investigative powers to find reporters. In addition, to the question of lawmakers about why my subscriber information was inquired, the Minister of Public Transport responded to a request for information disclosure several times. It was a scene that showed reality.]

(Video editing: Kim Jong-tae)

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