'Wolseong Nuclear Power Plant Suspicion'... Daejeon District Court Reassigns to Collegiate Panel

[Asia Economy Reporter Baek Kyunghwan] The court panel for the trial of a Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy official indicted for deleting data related to the Wolsong Unit 1 nuclear power plant has been decided.

According to the legal community on the 28th, the case involving three officials including Director-level A from the Ministry, who are charged with damage to public electronic records, violation of the Board of Audit and Inspection Act, and trespassing, will be handled by the Criminal Division 11 of Daejeon District Court (Presiding Judge Kim Yongchan).

A and another person are accused of ordering or condoning the deletion of data related to Wolsong Unit 1 in November last year, just before the Board of Audit and Inspection requested the submission of materials. Along with them, subordinate official Secretary B, who was indicted, is accused of entering the Ministry’s office at the Government Sejong Complex late at night the day before a meeting with the Board of Audit and Inspection auditor and deleting 530 files, and has been brought to trial.

Accordingly, on the 4th, Judge Oh Seyong, in charge of warrants at Daejeon District Court, issued pre-trial detention warrants for A and B. The manager, for whom a detention warrant was also requested, avoided detention.

Initially, considering the charges, the Daejeon District Court assigned the case to a single judge. However, following a request from that court and a decision for a collegial panel, the case was reassigned to a criminal collegiate panel composed of three judges on that day. However, the first trial date for this case has not yet been set.

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