Police Investigate Controversy Over 'Cheonanham Incident Reinvestigation' by Military Truth Commission

Military Death Accident Investigation Committee
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[Asia Economy Reporter Jeong Dong-hoon] It has been confirmed that the police are investigating the Presidential Military Death Accident Investigation Committee (hereinafter referred to as the Committee), which decided to reinvestigate the Cheonan ship sinking incident but later withdrew the decision.

According to the police on the 23rd, the Seoul Namdaemun Police Station is investigating a case transferred from the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office, in which a conservative group accused then-Chairman Lee In-ram and seven committee members of abuse of authority regarding the Committee's decision to reinvestigate.

Previously, former Civil-Military Joint Investigation Committee member Shin Sang-chul filed a petition in September last year requesting the cause of death of the Cheonan ship crew to be revealed, and the Committee decided to commence the investigation in December of the same year. Mr. Shin is a figure who has consistently raised the "Cheonan ship grounding theory." There was continuous opposition mainly from the families of the Cheonan ship victims and surviving soldiers, and accordingly, on the 2nd of last month, the Committee dismissed the petition again, stating that Mr. Shin did not meet the petitioner requirement of being a "person who witnessed or directly heard about the death incident."

It is known that the police recently requested cooperation from the Committee by asking them to respond regarding the handling results of the incident petitioned by Mr. Shin at that time.

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