Simultaneous seizure and search of two cases in the Presidential Archives... Investigation at the upper level begins in earnest

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Yesterday (19th), the Prosecutor's Office investigation team investigating the case of the repatriation of North Korean defectors and the early closure of the Wolsong nuclear power plant simultaneously raided and searched the Presidential Archives.

With the search and seizure carried out just one day after the nominee for the new prosecutor general was appointed, the prosecution's investigation into the higher-ranking government of the Moon Jae-in government seems to be accelerating.

Correspondent Ahn Hee-jae.

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Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office and the Daejeon District Prosecutor's Office Investigation Teams arrived at the Presidential Archives in Sejong City at the same time.

It is a department that investigates allegations of forced repatriation of North Korean defectors and the early shutdown of the Wolsong nuclear power plant, respectively.

The Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office is investigating allegations that in November 2019, the Blue House National Security Office and the National Intelligence Service led the forcible return of two North Korean fishermen to North Korea.

The key is to solve the background of repatriation to North Korea after 5 days of capture even after confirming the intention of the fishermen to defect.

The Daejeon District Prosecutor's Office's investigation team seized and searched the Blue House records related to the early closure of Wolseong Nuclear Power Plant Unit 1.

Former Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Baek Un-gyu and former Blue House industrial policy secretary Chae Hee-bong are already being tried in the first trial on charges such as abuse of power. I'm looking to see if there was.

There have been several raids and seizures of the Presidential Archives, including the suspicion of discarding the minutes of the inter-Korean summit and the investigation into the Sewol ferry, but this is the first case involving the Moon Jae-in government.

The prosecution's investigation into the former government is expanding in all directions as the presidential archives are raided three days after the home of former NIS chief Park Ji-won in relation to the shooting of a public official in the West Sea was raided.