Probe Declares Justice Minister Did Wrongfully Use Influence to Help KATUSA Son
|Is anyone surprised that the person who assigns prosecutors was not found of any wrong doing?:
The prosecution on Monday cleared Justice Minister Choo Mi-ae of allegations that she had abused her power to arrange special treatment for her son while he was serving the military in 2017.
The Seoul Eastern District Prosecutors’ Office announced Monday it found no grounds on which to indict Choo, her son or her former aide after a monthslong probe into the allegations.
Choo and her family have been battling accusations that her son, surnamed Seo, had received special treatment when he was serving in the Korean Augmentation to The United States Army, or Katusa, from November 2016 through August 2018. At the time, Choo was the chairwoman of the ruling Democratic Party (DP). (…….)The prosecution added that Seo had asked Choo’s aide to inquire the military about the extension, not his parents.
Joong Ang Ilbo via a reader tip
The prosecution also dismissed the suspicion that Choo or her husband had asked the Ministry of National Defense to arrange the extension. Although a document purported to be a military record created by Seo’s commander on June 15, 2017 said that Seo’s parents had made a request to the ministry, the prosecution said it failed to find any record from the ministry to corroborate it.
You can read more at the link, but since Choo’s aid supposedly helped her son that makes it okay then?