Ex-heads of the NIS suspected of illegal eavesdropping.
It is disappointing that two former chiefs of the National Intelligence Service not only directed illegal wiretapping, but also tried to get rid of the evidence of it during the Kim Dae-jung administration. According to the arrest warrants for two former chiefs of the NIS, they disregarded the directions of the president and took the lead to carry out illegal tapping systematically and intentionally against some politicians and business circles, both in a random way and on a large scale.
It is especially shocking that, according to the contents of a statement from the first public trial of Kim Eun-sung, former deputy chief of NIS at Seoul Central district court, they were mainly tapping political figures who were against the DJ administration and conversations between North Korean defector Hwang Jang-yop and conservative rightist Lee chul-seung. Shin, who served as NIS chief from 2001 to 2003, called in NIS officials and counseled them "not to admit to the illegal wiretapping during the next prosecution's questioning," as well as specifically ordered concretely what they should say.
They were shameless enough to lie that they were not related to the illegal bugging. It is shameful conduct for them to order his ex-staff to make false statements to conceal their wrongdoing instead of trying to work hard for national security at the NIS. The ex-DJ administration's illegal eavesdropping has now been revealed, which had been only suspected during the military regime.
The DJ side had no sense of honor because they spoke against the advance arrest warrants of the prosecution. It is hard to understand that a spokesperson from the ruling party commented on "unrestrained investigation." It is a serious crime to place the state authority at the front and to illegally keep watch on the people. They should be convicted of illegal tapping. Furthermore, the prosecution should probe deep into whether political powers got involved in the illegality.
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 / 입력시간: 2005. 11.16. 08:20
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