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On June 16, Nightline begins with the news of the dismissal of the warrant of former Minister Baek Un-gyu, the blacklist of the Ministry of Industry.

The reason for dismissing the arrest warrant is that some charges against former Minister Baek are controversial.

However, since the criminal charges are generally accepted, the investigation is expected to expand to the Blue House of the Moon Jae-in government.



First news, this is reporter Park Ye-rin.



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court dismissed the arrest warrant stating that although the general explanation for the crime charges of former Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Baek Un-gyu had been fulfilled, some charges were controversial.



He said that there is no risk of further destruction of evidence as a considerable amount of objective evidence has been secured to the investigative agency.



The court also said that additional investigation into the suspect was inevitable, and that it had made this decision in consideration of the exercise of the right to defend it.



As the warrant was dismissed, former Minister Baek, who was in the detention center, returned home after 13 hours of court appearances.



[Baek Un-gyu / Former Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy: Thank you to the judge for making a wise decision.

I will be faithful to the trial in the future (I will do it.)]



There was no answer to the reporter's question about whether the so-called Blue House superiors were involved.



Former Minister Baek is accused of abusing his powers and intervening in personnel affairs, including ordering the resignation letters of 13 heads of agencies under the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy in 2017 and 2018, during the early years of the Moon Jae-in administration.



There is also an allegation that an affiliated organization ordered former Minister Baek to cancel an internal personnel decision that had already been implemented.



Although the court dismissed the arrest warrant, the prosecution's investigation into the Moon Jae-in government's Blue House is expected to lead to an investigation into Park Sang-hyeok, a Democratic Party member, in that the criminal charges were largely cleared up and the need for further investigation was left open.



The prosecution plans to decide whether to re-apply for an arrest warrant after conducting a supplementary investigation.