Colonel Park Jeong-hoon's Arrest Warrant Adjustment Attempt Fails at Human Rights Commission Meeting... Full Absence

The National Human Rights Commission of Korea (NHRCK) held a meeting to seek a resolution regarding the Ministry of National Defense prosecution team's request for an arrest warrant against former Marine Corps Investigation Unit Commander (Colonel) Park Jeong-hoon, but the meeting was canceled due to the absence of all parties involved.

Park Jung-hoon, former head of the Marine Corps Investigation Unit, is heading to the Ministry of National Defense in Yongsan-gu, Seoul, on the afternoon of the 28th to appear before the Ministry of National Defense Prosecutor's Office. [Image source=Yonhap News]

On the 31st, Kim Yong-won, a standing commissioner and military human rights protector at the NHRCK, planned to hold the "Investigation Human Rights Coordination Meeting on the Arrest Warrant Request in the Case of the Former Marine Corps Investigation Unit Commander's Disobedience" at 5 p.m. in the NHRCK's main conference room in Jung-gu, Seoul. Invitations to attend the meeting were sent to Colonel Park, his legal counsel, and the head of the Ministry of National Defense prosecution team, but none attended, resulting in the meeting's cancellation. It is reported that the head of the prosecution team was unable to attend due to a previously scheduled engagement.

Commissioner Kim stated, "We intended to hear from the Ministry of National Defense prosecution team about the necessity of the arrest investigation and to ascertain the facts regarding Colonel Park's refusal to cooperate with the investigation, which is the main reason for the arrest warrant request. We sought ways to conduct the investigation without detention, but unfortunately, this effort failed."

The Ministry of National Defense prosecution team filed an arrest warrant request against Colonel Park on charges of disobedience the previous day. The pre-arrest suspect interrogation (warrant hearing) is scheduled to take place at 10 a.m. on the 1st of next month at the Yongsan Military Court.

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