This composition file picture exhibits, from left, former nationwide safety adviser Chung Eui-yong; Noh Younger-min, former presidential chief of employees; Suh Hoon, former chief of the Nationwide Intelligence Service; and former Unification Minister Kim Yeon-chul. Yonhap
First trials of 4 ministerial-level figures of the earlier Moon Jae-in authorities indicted two years in the past over their alleged involvement within the compelled repatriation of two North Korean fishermen in 2019 will probably be accomplished subsequent month, judicial officers stated Tuesday.
The 4 are former nationwide safety adviser and International Minister Chung Eui-yong; Noh Younger-min, former presidential chief of employees; Suh Hoon, former chief of the Nationwide Intelligence Service; and former Unification Minister Kim Yeon-chul.
In November 2019, the Moon authorities despatched again the 2 fishermen captured close to the japanese inter-Korean sea border, saying the North Koreans confessed to killing 16 fellow crew members. However the 4 officers are suspected of forcing officers of the related authorities businesses to deport the fishermen regardless of their needs to defect to South Korea.
The Seoul Central District Court docket has set a Feb. 19 sentencing date for the case, based on the officers. A lot of the trials in that case have been held behind closed doorways for causes corresponding to defending confidential info associated to nationwide safety, however the sentencing listening to will probably be held in public, they added. (Yonhap)
