[사진 출처 = 연합뉴스]While the bereaved family of a public official who was ‘hidden in the West Sea’ sued former President Moon Jae-in and others for violating the Board of Audit and Inspection Act, a confrontation between the ruling and opposition parties continues over the case of ‘the attack on the West Sea’ in the National Supervisory Service.
On the morning of the 7th, Lee Rae-jin, older brother of the late Lee Dae-jun, a public official of the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, who was killed by the North Korean military in the West Sea, filed charges against former President Moon, former National Intelligence Service Director Park Ji-won, and former National Security Office Director Suh Hoon for violating the Board of Audit and Inspection Act on the morning of the 7th. .
Lee said, “There is no sanctuary in the audit, and if you do not respond without a justifiable reason, you should be punished.”
In the first national audit of the Yun Seok-yeol administration, the opposition parties fought over the case of ‘the attack of a public official in the West Sea’. First, the power of the people and the Democratic Party of Korea clashed over the Board of Audit and Inspection’s request for a written investigation into former President Moon Jae-in in relation to the attack on the West Sea from the first day of the National Inspection.
In addition, the opposition parties also fought over the circumstances of the death of the late Lee Dae-jun, a public official belonging to the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, who was shot and killed by North Korean forces in the West Sea in 2020 during a state audit of the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries and the process of determining the head of the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries. In addition, opposition lawmakers clashed over the request for an audit to the Board of Audit and Inspection related to the attack of a public official in the West Sea and whether to disclose evidence.
The controversial case of ‘the attack of a public official in the West Sea’ is an incident where on September 21, 2020, a 47-year-old fishery instructor belonging to the West Sea Fishery Guidance Team of the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries disappeared from the sea of Soyeonpyeong Island in the northern part of the West Sea and was shot and killed in North Korea.
At that time, the Coast Guard announced that the Coast Guard had fled North Korea for the purpose of escaping from reality in a state of mental panic, saying, “A. . However, the bereaved family of Mr. A protested against the results of the investigation by the Coast Guard, claiming that he stumbled on a fishing guidance ship floating in the sea, not North Korea.
The ruling and opposition parties faced each other over the case of the murder of a missing public official in the West Sea during the 2020 National Assembly. At that time, the Democratic Party claimed that “the military response was appropriate” and that the people’s power “was saved”.
Rep. Shin Won-sik, the People’s Power, criticized that “they should have done their best to save the lives of the people.
In response, Democratic Party lawmaker Hong Young-pyo responded, “Our military could not respond by checking all the situations in real time.”
In 2021, the Human Rights Commission judged that the announcement of the Coast Guard, which disclosed personal information such as Mr. A’s debt situation, was an act of infringing on the personal rights and honor of the bereaved family, and recommended that the head of the Investigative Intelligence Bureau and the head of the criminal division be warned at the time.
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