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At the same time, the prosecution is continuing the investigation targeting the Blue House of the last government.

Prosecutors summoned Noh Young-min, former Chief of Staff to the President, to reveal the process by which the government sent fishermen from North Korea back to North Korea three years ago.



Reporter Ahn Hee-jae will tell you about this.



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Two North Koreans who were captured during a confrontation with the South Korean navy after killing 16 fellow sailors in the East Sea expressed their intention to defect in writing, but were sent to the North in five days.



[Video at the time of repatriation to North Korea on November 7, 2019: Yay, Yay, catch!]



The prosecution has summoned former President Roh Young-min as the accused in order to determine when the repatriation was decided.



About a month after the summoning of former Unification Minister Kim Yeon-cheol, the summons investigation of Blue House officials began in earnest.



Prosecutors are said to have questioned whether the decision was made to repatriate to North Korea at the Blue House countermeasures meeting held two days after the capture against Roh, and the background of the decision to deport despite the report of the NIS reporting that he intends to defect.



At the time, the Blue House and government officials claimed that they judged that the intention to defect was not sincere as heinous criminals who killed 16 fellow sailors, but the prosecution believes that the legal basis for the deportation decision is insufficient.



It seems that an investigation into then head of the National Security Office of the Blue House, Chung Eui-yong, is not far off.



[Jeong Eui-yong / Former Director of National Security Office (last April, Kwan Hoon invited discussion): It was not reported to the president.

That's right.

It can be said that the decision was made under the responsibility of the head of the security office.]



Following the attack on the West Sea and the repatriation of fishermen to North Korea, the investigation aimed at the diplomatic and security lines of the former government is reaching its peak.



(Video coverage: Seol Min-hwan, Video editing: Ha Seong-won)



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