Yoon Sang-hyun: "If We Didn't Know Civilians Defected to North Korea, Military Defense Network Has Completely Collapsed"

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Ji-eun] Yoon Sang-hyun, an independent lawmaker and former chairman of the National Assembly's Foreign Affairs and Unification Committee, criticized, saying, "If the military did not even know about the civilian's defection to North Korea, then the entire security network has collapsed."

On the 27th, Yoon pointed out on Facebook, "The military failed in its surveillance against North Korea's infiltration into South Korea. This is an unforgivable matter."

He emphasized, "The military did not even know about the civilian's defection to North Korea? This is equivalent to saying 'the military's security network has completely collapsed.' In other words, it means national security is not safe."

Yoon criticized, "The police neglected a sexual assault suspect, and even after receiving a report that the suspect was attempting to defect to North Korea, they ignored it. This is dereliction of duty," adding, "It effectively means that the military and police safety nets have all fallen apart."

He pointed out, "North Korea first revealed on the 26th that this person's defection date was the 19th. Either the government did not know this fact for seven days or knew and concealed it. It seems the government has decided to go with the former. They probably think this will reduce criticism. It seems that the degree of security failure is no longer even an issue."

Yoon added, "We should all reflect on whether the inability to properly recognize the seriousness of making the public worry about security and the country is perhaps the true nature of the Moon Jae-in administration's peace policy."

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