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The substantive examination of the arrest warrants for former Defense Minister Seo Wook and Kim Hong-hee, who is suspected of manipulating the shooting of a public official in the West Sea, will be held today (21st).

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Reporter Chan-geun Park, is the review of former Minister Seo in progress?



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Yes, the warrant review for former Defense Minister Seo Wook is being conducted here at the Seoul Central District Court from 10 am today.



At around 9:40 am today, former Minister Seo, who appeared at the Seoul Central District Court, declined to answer reporters' questions.



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The charges that the prosecution applied against former Minister Seo include abuse of power and preparation of false public documents.



Former Minister Seo is accused of instructing to delete 60 cases of military secrets containing wiretapping information that contradicts the government's judgment that Lee voluntarily defected to North Korea in the early hours of the morning after Lee Dae-joon's death, or for instructing him to write false information in the Joint Chiefs of Staff report. .



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Will the examination of former Commissioner Kim be held soon?



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Yes.

At 2 p.m., a substantive examination of the arrest warrant for Kim Hong-hee, former Commissioner of the Coast Guard, is scheduled.



At the time of the incident, former Coast Guard Commissioner Kim Hong-hee, who led the search for missing persons and announcing the circumstances at the time of the incident, is accused of using unconfirmed evidence or concealing existing evidence in accordance with the policy of the Blue House National Security Office, distorting the results of experiments, and voluntarily announcing the results of an investigation focusing on North Korea. are receiving



When the arrest warrants for the head of the Ministry of National Defense and Coast Guard are issued, the investigation into the then-head of the National Intelligence Service, former Director Park Ji-won, is expected to speed up, when it was revealed that documents similar to the former National Security Office Director Suh Hoon, who was pointed out as a superior, were deleted.