West Sea Public Prosecutor’s Office Voluntarily Went to North Korea, Not a Mistake

檢 “The tide is strong and dark” against “no rescue request” lawyer
The Presidential Archives also highlighted ‘missing documents’… Seo Hoon’s side “Review of suitability review”

It is known that the prosecution investigating the ‘attack of a public official in the West Sea’ caught the strand that the late Lee Dae-joon, an official of the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, fell into the sea on at the time of the incident and drifted to the North.

According to the legal community on the 4th, the prosecution is said to have spent a considerable amount of time explaining the maritime situation at the time of the incident based on the contents of the on-site inspection in September this year during questioning. the suspect before his arrest (warrant validity check) by former National Security Bureau chief Suh Hoon on the 2nd.

Prosecutors went out to sea on the Mugunghwa 5, which is the same class as the Mugunghwa 10, and carried out an on-site investigation to confirm the situation when Lee went missing.

It is estimated that Mr. Lee fell into the sea at 1:51 am on September 21, early autumn.

As a result of investigating the place where the incident took place during a similar season and time, the prosecution estimated that the sea at the time was very dark and the tide strong.

Based on the results of these investigations, it is known that the prosecution argued to the court that Mr. Lee had fallen into the sea after tripping and that he had been swept away by a strong current and that he could not make an application to save him and that he had drifted into the sea.

Therefore, the prosecution’s opinion is that the government’s announcement that “Lee is believed to have stepped into North Korea voluntarily” is a judgment that is far from the substantial truth of the case, and close to distortion and manipulation made for political purposes under consideration. of North Korean relations.

They found that the defense rebutted that the possibility of a slip was small, stating that Lee was a good swimmer, that a rope ladder was down next to the boat at the time, and that a colleague working at the same time did not hear the request for lifeline

It is said that the results of the government’s investigation at the time were the best judgment made after discussions with experts in all fields in a situation where information and time are limited, and it was also said that it was emphasized that there was no intentional reduction or distortion. of the case.

It is said that Kim Jeong-min, the chief judge in charge of the warrant review, also personally questioned Seo for over an hour, confirming in detail the decision-making process and grounds of the government at the time.

Although the phrase ‘went to North Korea’ has a negative connotation, it is said that there is also an inquiry about how the government was using this phrase.

During the review, the prosecution is said to have highlighted that among the documents produced in the Blue House before and after Lee’s death, there are several documents that have not been transferred to the Presidential Archives.

He claimed the possibility that government officials at the time selected and deleted potentially problematic records, mentioning that a number of documents, including a written report to the President made immediately after Lee’s discovery in the North, were not be left in the archives.

In response, the rebuttal lawyer said that all the documents produced by the Blue House are not transferred to the archives, and that there is no fact that some documents have been deleted or omitted intentionally.

Mr. Seo is due to appear before the prosecution on the 5th and receive his first investigation after his arrest.

Director Seo’s side said, “The lawyer’s position is that an investigation and trial without detention is necessary to guarantee the right to defense.”

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