Chung Eui-yong, former head of the Blue House National Security Office, who was summoned twice as a defendant in the 'forced repatriation of North Korean fishermen to North Korea', criticized the prosecution's investigation by releasing a 'statement on the prosecution's summons' today (2nd).
In the statement, former chief Jeong's side argued that the prosecution's investigation was judged to be politically planned according to the guidelines for the investigation of the President's Office.
In addition, it defined the fishermen repatriated to North Korea as "heavy criminals captured in the waters near the Northern Limit Line (NLL) in the East Sea while fleeing after brutally murdering 16 fellow sailors" It is difficult, and it was judged that it would pose a great threat to the lives and safety of the people if incorporated into the country."
In addition, regarding the assertion of 'North Koreans who have expressed their intention to defect to the Republic of Korea', "The domestic law stipulates that even if North Korean residents formally express their intention to defect without sincerity, they lose their status as citizens of North Korea and only have the status of citizens of the Republic of Korea. It's nowhere," he replied.
Former Chief Jung's side pointed out that the prosecution had made a decision not to prosecute this case in November 2021, saying, "If you want to reverse the decision a year ago and prosecute the same case, you will have to provide convincing grounds."
The 3rd Public Investigation Division of the Seoul Central District Prosecutor’s Office (Chief Prosecutor Lee Jun-beom) summoned and investigated Chief Jeong, who was accused by a North Korean human rights group for overseeing the defection process of fishermen who defected from North Korea in November 2019, as a defendant on the 31st of last month and yesterday, two days in a row. .