Intelligence Committee Adopts Park Ji-won Hearing Report... United Future Party 'Absent'

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[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Chun-han] On the 28th, the National Assembly Intelligence Committee adopted the personnel hearing report on Park Ji-won, the nominee for the National Intelligence Service director, in the absence of Future United Party members.

Kim Byung-gi, the ruling party secretary of the Intelligence Committee and a member of the Democratic Party of Korea, said to reporters immediately after the plenary session held at the National Assembly in the afternoon, "The opposition party was absent, and we regret that no agreement was reached," adding, "The ruling party members decided to adopt the hearing report as a result of their meeting."

Rep. Kim explained, "There was no audit by the Ministry of Education regarding the allegations of academic forgery, and we are actually unable to verify the authenticity of the forged documents," adding, "The nominee strongly denies the existence of the secret agreement on the 3 billion USD for North Korea, and since the opposition has not presented any other evidence, we cannot postpone the adoption."

Rep. Kim stated, "If the secret agreement is proven to be true, the nominee will bear tremendous responsibility," and added, "While it is inappropriate to assume that as a premise, if it is revealed to be true, it will not be a matter that ends with a simple resignation."

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