Park Jung Hoon is not guilty of "alleged"...Will the investigation into the alleged external pressure gain momentum?

Colonel Park Jung-hoon is not guilty of 'defamation and defamation' in both the first trial
Due to the influence of the ruling, the need for investigation into the source of the order has increased, and the possibility of abuse of high-ranking officials related to the
'unfair order' has increased.Investigation of alleged external pressure is expected to resume after martial law investigation

[Anchor]
As Colonel Park Jung-hoon, who was in charge of the investigation into the death of Chae Sang-byung, was found not guilty, the possibility of resuming the investigation into the "suspected external pressure" that had been stopped has increased.

Based on the court's statement that the order to suspend the transfer of investigative records against Colonel Park is unfair, it is expected that the investigation toward the upper level could gain momentum.

Reporter Cho Yong-sung reports.

[Reporter]
In the first trial, Colonel Park Jung-hoon was cleared of all charges of protest and defamation related to the death of a Marine corporal.

The court said the Marine commander had no particular reason to order the suspension of the investigation records and that it was intended to follow the Defense Secretary's instructions, and that the Defense Secretary's instructions and intentions were hardly seen as a legitimate order.

Although it did not make a judgment on the "suspected external pressure" raised earlier, analysts say the need for an investigation into where the defense minister's order came from.

[Kim Jung-min / Colonel Park Jung-hoon's lawyer: However, I didn't explicitly judge whether the president intervened or not, but I think it was judged legally without much difficulty.]

As the court acknowledged that the order to suspend the transfer was unfair, the possibility of abuse of authority charges being applied to high-ranking positions related to this increased.The investigation into the alleged external pressure of

The Marine Corps investigation team tried to transfer eight people, including former division commander Lim Sung-geun, to the police after identifying them as suspects of professional negligence, but
The key point is that external pressure continued immediately after President Yoon Suk Yeol
furious that if he punishes a division commander for this, who can be the division commander.The

high-ranking government official's crime investigation office believes that then Defense Minister Lee Jong-sup ordered then Marine Corps Commander Kim Gye-hwan to suspend the transfer shortly after receiving a call from the presidential office number.

[Seo Young-kyo / Democratic Party of Korea (July last year, National Assembly Legislation and Judiciary Committee meeting): Is 02-800-7070 a phone call made by the president? No, it's a long one? You can't say no, can you?]

[Lee Jong-seop/Former Minister of Defense (July last year, National Assembly Legislation and Judiciary Committee meeting): Yes, I won't answer that.]

However, as the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit is currently focusing on the martial law investigation, the investigation into the alleged external pressure has stopped for now.

As a result, it is predicted that the investigation into the alleged external pressure will proceed again only when the martial law investigation is completed to some extent.

I'm YTN's Cho Yong Sung.

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