What is the “West Sea civil servant attack” that continues in the state audit?

As the grieving family of a public official who was “hiding in the West Sea” sued former President Moon Jae-in and others for violating the Board of Audit and Inspection Act, a party confrontation continues. in power and opposition on the case of “the attack on the West Sea” in the National Security Service.

On the morning of the 7th, Lee Rae-jin, elder brother of the late Lee Dae-jun, a public official of the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, killed by the North Korean army in the West Sea, filed a complaint against former President Moon. former National Intelligence Director Park Ji-won and former National Security Bureau 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 don’t respond without a justified reason, you should be punished.”

In the first national audit of the Yun Seok-yeol administration, opposition parties fought over the case of the “attack on a public official in the West Sea”. First, People’s Power 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 connection with the attack on the West Sea from the first. day of the national inspection.

In addition, 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 dead by North Korean forces in the North Korean Sea. West in 2020 during a state audit of the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries and the determination process of 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 by a public official in the West Sea and the disclosure of evidence.

The controversial case “the attack of a public official in the West Sea” is an incident in which on 21 September 2020 a 47-year-old fishing instructor belonging to the West Sea Fisheries Guidance Team of the Ministry of oceans and sea fishing from 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 in order to escape reality in a state of mental panic, saying, “A.. However, Mr. A’s grieving family protested against the Coast Guard investigation results, claiming he came across a fishing vessel floating in the sea, not North Korea.

The government and opposition parties confronted each other over the case of the murder of a public official who disappeared in the Western Sea during the National Assembly in 2020. At that moment, the Democratic Party stated that “the military response was adequate” and that power popular “was saved”.

Representative Shin Won-sik, People’s Power, criticized that “they should have done their best to save people’s lives.

In response, Democratic Party legislator Hong Young-pyo replied: “Our military could not respond by checking all situations in real time.”

In 2021, the Human Rights Commission found that the Coast Guard’s announcement, which disclosed personal information such as Mr A’s debt situation, was an act of violation of the bereaved family’s personal rights and honor and has recommended to the head of the Investigative Intelligence Bureau and the head of the criminal division must be notified at that time.

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