Police and Korea Coast Guard Conduct Search and Seizure... Related to Defamation Lawsuit Over North Korea Shooting of Public Official
[Asia Economy Reporter Song Seung-yoon] It has been confirmed that the police conducted a search and seizure at the Korea Coast Guard in connection with the defamation lawsuit regarding the public official who died from gunfire by North Korea in the West Sea last year.
According to the Metropolitan Investigation Unit of the Incheon Metropolitan Police Agency on the 29th, the police carried out a search and seizure on the 24th at the Korea Coast Guard in Yeonsu-gu, Incheon, and the Incheon Coast Guard Station.
Earlier, Mr. A, a public official belonging to the West Sea Fisheries Guidance Management Unit of the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, went missing in September last year near the waters off Soyeonpyeongdo in the West Sea and died from gunfire by North Korean soldiers. It is reported that the police secured materials related to Mr. A's death during this search and seizure.
Mr. B (18), the son of Mr. A, filed a defamation lawsuit against former Korea Coast Guard Commissioner Kim Hong-hee and the former head of the Coast Guard Investigation Information Bureau in October, and the police coordinated schedules to conduct the complainant's investigation on the 6th. It is known that Mr. B submitted the complaint, claiming that the Coast Guard damaged the honor of the deceased by announcing false information related to his father's death.
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Previously, the Coast Guard announced in the interim investigation results that "Mr. A gambled with more than 700 million won before his death and had debts of over 100 million won," and judged that he defected to the North as a means of escaping reality in a state of mental panic. The National Human Rights Commission recommended Commissioner Kim to warn the then head of the Investigation Information Bureau and the head of the Criminal Division, stating that the Coast Guard's announcement disclosing Mr. A's debt situation and other private information violated the personality rights and honor of the bereaved family in July.
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