Song Gap-seok: "Board of Audit and Inspection Investigates Like 'Taegukgi Unit'... Audit Based on Scenario"

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Cheol-eung] Song Gap-seok, a member of the Democratic Party of Korea, said that those who underwent the Board of Audit and Inspection's (BAI) audit of the Wolseong Nuclear Power Plant Unit 1 said, "It felt like being investigated by the 'Taegukgi Unit'," and added, "I think they started the audit with a predetermined framework and scenario."

He explained that the investigation is being conducted on the premise that there was a problem in the decision to shut down early due to the government's nuclear phase-out policy. Song said, "So (Chairman Choi Jae-hyung of the BAI) even made a remark like, 'Are you people the kind who do everything the president tells you to?'"

He also said, "When those who underwent the audit came out, they said it felt like being investigated in front of the Taegukgi Unit," adding, "It was unusually coercive, starting with forensic investigations, and for some matters, they were asked more than 100 times. I experienced something similar when I was investigated by the Agency for National Security Planning during my student activism days."

Song said, "It seems that Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) has the perception that the administrative guidance from the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy was coercive, leading to a distorted economic feasibility evaluation," and added, "I think they started this audit with a certain framework and scenario, saying it was conducted to implement the Moon Jae-in administration's nuclear phase-out policy."

Song also claimed that Chairman Choi Jae-hyung rejected recommendations for the vacant audit commissioner position since April, citing the reason that the candidates were 'pro-government figures.'

Song said, "The chairman even bluntly says, 'They can't do it because they are pro-government figures of the current administration,'" and added, "He rejected them because they support the current government's policies."

When the host asked, "Is the recommended pro-government figure former Deputy Minister of Justice Kim Oh-soo?" Song replied, "I don't know if it was former Deputy Minister Kim."

Some media outlets reported that the Blue House recommended former Deputy Minister of Justice Kim Oh-soo for the currently vacant audit commissioner position, but Chairman Choi did not accept the recommendation.

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