Prosecutors Summon Former National Security Advisor Jeong U-yong for Second Day over 'Forced Repatriation'

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Hyung-min] The prosecution investigating the 'Forced Repatriation of North Korean Fishermen Incident' is questioning former National Security Office Chief Jeong Eui-yong, who was the top security official at the time, for the second day.

According to the legal community on the 1st, the Public Investigation Division 3 of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office (Chief Prosecutor Lee Jun-beom) summoned former Chief Jeong in the morning as a suspect.

Jeong Eui-yong, Former Director of the National Security Office / Photo by Hyunmin Kim kimhyun81@

The prosecution also summoned former Chief Jeong the previous day to intensively investigate whether there were any illegal acts throughout the process of repatriating the North Korean fishermen.

Former Chief Jeong was reported to have overseen the forced repatriation process despite two North Korean fishermen, who were accused of killing 16 fellow crew members in November 2019, expressing their intention to defect. He was reported to a North Korean human rights organization in July last year for this reason. The fishermen were captured by the military near the Northern Limit Line (NLL) in the East Sea on November 2, 2019, while heading south on a fishing boat. At the time, the government stated that those who committed serious non-political crimes such as murder were not protected and repatriated them five days after capture.

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