On the 4th, the prosecution, investigating the suspicion of the early shutdown of the Wolseong nuclear power plant, requested a warrant for arrest against former Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Paik Woon-gyu.
Daejeon District Prosecutor’s Office 5th Criminal Division (Director Prosecutor Sang-Hyeon Lee) instructed the Ministry of Industry’s nuclear power plant policy and officials to press the Korean Hydro & Nuclear power by setting up a policy to close the’Wolseong Unit 1’early in April 2018 and stop operation He filed for an arrest warrant for one charge (obstruction of the exercise of ex officio abuse right). The prosecution also indicated in the warrant the allegations (obstruction of business) for violating the management autonomy of KHNP, who is the nuclear power plant management agent, to Secretary Baek.
The prosecution believes that Minister Baek was involved in the process of evaluating the economic feasibility of Wolseong Unit 1 from officials from the Ministry of Industry. On the 25th of last month, former Minister Baek was reported to have denied related suspicions, saying, “There is no fact that there is no illegal order to shut down the nuclear power plant.”
When an arrest warrant is issued for the former government minister Baek, who commanded the current government’s post-nuclear policy, the prosecution plans to investigate the Blue House officials, including former presidential industrial policy secretary Chae Hee-bong (currently the president of Korea Gas Corporation). The prosecution believes that there is a high possibility that the intervention of government officials of the Ministry of Industry in the “economic evaluation” was reported through documents, etc. in the Blue House.
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