Choi Jae-hyung, Chairman of the Board of Audit and Inspection, "Difficult to Understand Reactions Calling Audit Results Nonsense"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Chun-han] Choi Jae-hyung, Chairman of the Board of Audit and Inspection, stated on the 5th, "It is difficult to understand calling the audit results on matters requested by the National Assembly nonsense." This was a direct rebuttal to Roh Young-min, Chief of Staff to the President, who the day before referred to the audit results related to the decision process of the early shutdown of Wolseong Unit 1 as "nonsense without precedent" during the National Assembly's Blue House inspection by the Operations Committee.

Chairman Choi appeared before the National Assembly's Judiciary Committee that day and, in response to a question from Kim Do-eup, a member of the People Power Party, said, "No matter what is said, I carry out my duties without any disturbance, but I am concerned that it might be interpreted as damaging the independence or political neutrality of the Board of Audit and Inspection." He added, "I regret that if there had been deeper communication, such remarks might have been avoided."

Regarding the audit of the presidential advisory committee, Chairman Choi also stated, "The Blue House has never objected to the audit of the advisory committee," and "It seems misunderstandings arose because some media politically attributed meaning to it."

This appears to be an indirect rebuttal to Chief Roh's claim that "Even the Board of Audit and Inspection was mistaken," and "The presidential advisory committee is not affiliated with the Blue House. Since it is called the presidential advisory committee, it is naturally assumed to be under the Blue House's jurisdiction, but the Blue House does not intervene."

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