– Military Manpower Administration Commissioner Mo Jong-hwa said on the 23rd that “Steve Yu’s act is not simply a violation of a promise with a fan, but a violation of the quarantine law,” and “It is not right for him to talk about equity.”
At a general meeting of the National Assembly’s National Defense Committee on the same day, Moh said, “Steve Oil is misleading public opinion, deceives the public, and undermines the value of military service and fairness by rationalizing his actions with YouTube.” said. He said, “There is no need to respond to the actions that Steve Yoo does to form public opinion in his favor.
“Steve Yu is the only person who has obtained US citizenship among 3,000 to 4,000 evacuees of military service in Korea and has received a notice of enlistment,” said Mo.
He also said, “Steve Yu himself is an exempt from military service, but this is misleading the people.”
Commissioner Mo emphasized that “(Steve Yu) promised to be a performance on the application for overseas travel permit when leaving the country. However, he was a clear evader of military service because he acquired citizenship,” he said. “However, he was not able to punish him because he was not Korean.”
Defense Minister Seo-wook also said, “Steve Yu is a military evacuee who lost his nationality for the purpose of evacuating military service.”
Congressman Kim said, “Steve Yu is a person who avoided military service by using the blind spot of the law. The value of fairness should not be damaged. In this case, it gives a feeling of deprivation to young people.”
Reporter Eunbin Kim [email protected]
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