Prosecutors Raid Ministry of Unification and Ministry of Science and ICT over Moon Jae-in Government 'Blacklist Allegations'

Including Korea Institute of Science and Technology Planning and Evaluation and North Korean Defectors Support Foundation

[Asia Economy Reporter Jang Sehee] The prosecution investigating the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy blacklist case has conducted a search and seizure on the Ministry of Unification and the Ministry of Science and ICT.

According to the legal community on the 27th, the Criminal Division 6 of the Seoul Eastern District Prosecutors' Office (Chief Seo Hyunwook) carried out a search and seizure this morning at the Ministry of Unification, the Ministry of Science and ICT, the Korea Institute of Science and Technology Planning and Evaluation, and the Foundation for North Korean Defectors Support.

Regarding this, the Eastern District Prosecutors' Office stated, "This is being conducted within the necessary scope according to standard procedures to handle cases related to the Ministry of Science and ICT and the Ministry of Unification, which are similar in timing and nature to the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy-related case currently under investigation at the Eastern District Prosecutors' Office."

Meanwhile, it has been reported that the Ministry of Education was excluded from the search and seizure targets.

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