President Lee Jae-myung said at a meeting of senior aides on the 23rd, "We are using the public authority entrusted by public officials who should be more fair than anyone else to maintain order and establish social discipline to cover up or manipulate cases that are not obvious to anyone, thus disturbing the national order and taking private interests," adding, "We hope that there will be no abuse of public authority, use public authority to create unfair people, or disrupt social order."
President Lee said in a statement at the Subo meeting held at the presidential office in Yongsan, Seoul, "Recent parliamentary audits have pointed out the problems of some investigative agencies," adding, "The public is surprised to see the reality and open their mouths."
President Lee then said, "This behavior is an unforgivable act of discipline that destroys democracy and the rule of law," adding, "We should thoroughly reveal the truth and strictly deal with the wrongs in accordance with laws and principles and punish them."
This seems to refer to the case of Moon Ji-seok, a senior prosecutor at the Gwangju District Prosecutors' Office, who exposed the external pressure of the upper part during the investigation of the "non-payment of severance pay for daily workers in Coupang." Chief prosecutor Moon claimed to have heard abusive language and abusive language from the then head of the Bucheon branch in connection with the Coupang case. He testified at the parliamentary inspection of the National Assembly's Legislation and Judiciary Committee on the 23rd, saying, "On March 7 of this year, the head of the district office at that time, Um used abusive language and abusive language for about 9 minutes, ordered the Supreme Prosecutors' Office to inspect the case and said he would be re-distributed."
Senior prosecutor Moon testified for the first time about external pressure related to the Coupang case at the National Assembly's Climate, Energy, Environment and Labor Committee's audit of the Ministry of Employment and Labor on the 15th. The main point is that when he worked at the Bucheon branch of the Incheon District Prosecutors' Office earlier this year, the command omitted key evidence from the Supreme Prosecutors' Office's report and made the case not be prosecuted.
At the time, he shed tears at the National Assembly and said, "I think the prosecution should indict Coupang. I hope that workers who are socially disadvantaged will receive severance pay of about 2 million won quickly. I hope all public officials who acted inappropriately will be punished corresponding to their mistakes."
President Lee said, "The authority of all public officials, not just the governing body, comes from the people who are all sovereign, and should be exercised fairly and justly for the sake of the sovereign, under the control and surveillance of the sovereign."
President Lee said, "In particular, the public authority of public officials in charge of maintaining order is truly the last bastion like salt to maintain social order," adding, "It should never be tolerated to use the authority to maintain social order and discipline to destroy discipline and disrupt social order for specific private interests."
President Lee said, "We should be able to draw a map of the future of global defense based on massive budget investment, bold institutional innovation, and close global solidarity."
"The defense industry, which combines cutting-edge technology, science, and manufacturing innovation, is now a key driver that will determine the victory or defeat of the future economic battlefield," President Lee said. "We need to solidify our independent defense capabilities without relying on others to protect peace on the Korean Peninsula and drive sustainable growth of the national economy."
Also, referring to the Gyeongju Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, President Lee said, "Like the Seoul Olympics, which crossed the barrier of the Cold War, the world should open a new chapter in gathering the wisdom of co-prosperity and cooperation again."
"The international community has undergone many changes since the establishment of the United Nations in 1945, but this year, 80 years after the end of the war, the world order is facing the biggest turning point since the post-Cold War," President Lee said. "In times of confusion and difficulty, we should continue our steps toward world peace and common prosperity based on mutual trust and solidarity."
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The prosecution conceals evidence and leads to the opposite result.
However, the situation of promotion without any punishment.
This is never the world we want.
A normal situation is what we hope for.
Now, we need to create a society where common sense works.