Moon Administration Says Accusations of Illegal Surveillance and Blacklists are all a “Hoax”

According to the Blue House there is nothing to see here, move along:

Cho Kuk (R), President Moon Jae-in’s top secretary for civil affairs, answers questions from lawmakers at the National Assembly on Dec. 31, 2018, over the presidential office’s alleged surveillance of civilians. (Yonhap)

President Moon Jae-in’s secretary for civil affairs said Monday that the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae has not surveilled civilians for political purposes, shrugging off a former investigator’s spying claim.
Controversy has flared up after Kim Tae-woo, a former special investigator at the presidential office, made the revelation that he had collected information, including info about civilians and former bureaucrats who should not be subject to Cheong Wa Dae surveillance.
Surveillance of civilians has been a sensitive issue in South Korea as former conservative governments were blamed for illegally spying on citizens for political purposes.
Cho Kuk, Moon’s top secretary for civil affairs, and Chief of Staff Im Jong-seok flatly rejected Kim’s claim at a meeting of the parliamentary steering committee that oversees Cheong Wa Dae. Kim was under Cho’s supervision.
It marked the first time since 2006 that a presidential secretary for civil affairs spoke at the parliamentary panel.
The revelation came after Kim was forced to return to his original post at the prosecution last month over an allegation that he sought to influence a police probe into a corruption case involving his acquaintance.
“The bottom line is that as Kim has become almost certain to face disciplinary actions due to his irregularities, he crafted a rare hoax by distorting the due work process into a political issue and trying to cover up his misconduct,” Cho told lawmakers.
The presidential civil affairs team under the Moon government has not surveilled civilians or drawn up blacklists (of people critical of the government) unlike other previous administrations),” he stressed.

Yonhap

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setnaffa
5 years ago

All those previous administration folks in prison, on trial, or dead from “suicide” were unavailable for comment.

The Nuremberg Defense:

We didn’t do it.
It wasn’t wrong.
There weren’t any witnesses.
And besides, we were just following orders.

Flyingsword
Flyingsword
5 years ago

LIES, commie moon and his henchmen lie!

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