He is the former Marine Corps investigation leader who was pointed out as the mastermind of the mutiny case for handing over the results of the investigation into the death of the late Corporal Chae Su-geun to the police.
Colonel Junghoon Park.
Colonel Park has declared that he will reject the military prosecution’s investigation.
It is said that a fair investigation cannot be conducted in an organization subordinate to the Ministry of Defense, which is the subject of external pressure.
Colonel Park asked President Yoon Seok-yeol to be investigated by a third agency.
Reporter Hong Eui-pyo covered the story.
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Marine Corps Colonel Park Jeong-hoon, former head of the Marine Corps investigation team, who was arrested on suspicion of being the leader of a collective mutiny.
He held a press conference saying that he clearly rejects the investigation by the Ministry of Defense prosecutors scheduled for today.
[Colonel Park Jeong-hoon/Former head of the Marine Corps investigation team]
“(The Prosecutor’s Office of the Ministry of Defense) is an organization under the Ministry of Defense that exerted external pressure on the investigation and gave unreasonable instructions, so a fair investigation cannot be conducted.”
Colonel Park said that he felt that the five calls with the Ministry of National Defense’s legal officer were directed to ‘take the division commander out of the suspect’스포츠토토.
When the legal officer said, “The charges must be limited to those who are directly at fault,” he asked, “Are you talking about the battalion commander or lower who told you to go into the water yourself?”
[Colonel Park Jeong-hoon/Former Marine Corps Chief of Investigation] “I received a call from a Marine colonel at the security office and said, ‘Can you send me a copy of the approval, the chief of security
wants to see it’…”
The commander of the Marine Corps read the vice minister’s text while looking at his mobile phone,’ and argued that there would be no controversy if we forensic both the commander’s mobile phones.
Colonel Park also appealed to the Marine Corps commander to be investigated by a third agency, saying that it was not a ‘rebellion’ because he had never been explicitly instructed to withhold the transfer of the case.
[Colonel Park Jeong-hoon/Former Marine Corps Chief of Investigation Team]
“Respected President, as the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, I ask that you do not turn a blind eye to one soldier’s injustice and help me to receive a fair investigation and trial by a third investigative agency.”
Regarding Colonel Park’s refusal to investigate, the Ministry of National Defense prosecutors expressed strong regret and said they would investigate in accordance with the law and principles in the future.
Colonel Park’s lawyers plan to file complaints and accusations with the Airlift against the Minister of Defense and others in the near future.
