Special Committee on State Affairs Issues Compulsory Attendance Order to Yoo Byung-ho, Board of Audit and Inspection Member, Led by Democratic Party

by Lee Sungmin

Published 21 Apr.2026 16:39(KST)

Updated 21 Apr.2026 16:41(KST)

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The National Assembly's Special Committee for the Investigation of Allegations of Fabricated Prosecution by the Political Prosecutor under the Yoon Seok-yeol Administration issued an order for compulsory attendance to Yoo Byung-ho, a member of the Board of Audit and Inspection, and others on April 21.

At the hearing held that day at the National Assembly regarding the allegations of manipulation in the West Sea official shooting, statistical fabrication, and false report defamation prosecution against Yoon Seok-yeol, the committee, led by the Democratic Party of Korea, passed the motion to issue compulsory attendance orders to Yoo and others.

On the 21st, former National Intelligence Service Director Kim Gyu-hyun and others appeared as witnesses at a hearing on the allegations of manipulation in the West Sea Official Shooting, statistical fabrication, and false report defamation prosecution against Yoon Seok-yeol at the National Assembly's Special Committee for the Investigation of Allegations of Fabricated Prosecution by the Political Prosecutor under the Yoon Seok-yeol Administration. Photo by Kim Hyunmin

Yoo, who served as Secretary General of the Board of Audit and Inspection during the Yoon Seok-yeol administration, was reportedly involved in audits related to incidents such as the West Sea official shooting during the Moon Jae-in administration. Although he was summoned as a witness for the hearing that day, he submitted a written reason for his absence and did not attend. Committee Chairperson Seo Young-kyo stated, "Since Yoon Seok-yeol took office as president in 2022, there have been investigations ordered by higher authorities in various places," adding, "Yoo Byung-ho is the key figure at the Board of Audit and Inspection."

In addition to Yoo, the committee, again led by the Democratic Party, issued compulsory attendance orders to Kim Suk-dong, Director General of the Board of Audit and Inspection, and Cho Woo-hyung, known as the 'Daejang-dong loan broker.' For Kim Tae-hyo, former First Deputy Director of the National Security Office, who submitted a written absence due to a lecture schedule, the committee issued a verbal order to attend.