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President Yun Seok-yeol’s inauguration ceremony in May was attended by the son of a far-right figure and former Deutsche Motors chairman Kim Gun-hee’s suspicion of stock manipulation.
As this fact became known, controversy arose over who invited them and whether the invitation was appropriate.
However, it has been confirmed that the Ministry of Public Administration and Security has deleted all the list of invitees to the presidential inauguration.
This is the exclusive report by reporter Kim Gun-hwi.
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Far-right YouTuber Ahn Jung-kwon, who protested in front of former President Moon Jae-in’s residence in Yangsan, Gyeongsangnam-do.
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“Moon Jae-in is a spy. I don’t know who XX Eun is.”
In May, Ahn attended the inauguration ceremony of President Yoon holding a special invitation.
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“Can you see the special invitation? A special invitation.”
Ahn’s older sister was confirmed to be working in the presidential office, raising suspicions that far-right figures were in the presidential office.
The VIP seat at the inauguration ceremony.
Mo Kwon, the son of former Deutsche Motors chairman Kwon Oh-soo, was spotted sitting behind President Yoon’s father.
Kun-hee Kim is under suspicion of manipulation of the stock price of Deutsche Motors, and controversy has arisen in that the prosecution’s investigation is ongoing.
In response, the presidential office at the time said, “There is no list of invitees for the inauguration ceremony, so it is difficult to check them all.”
However, as a result of the MBC coverage, it was confirmed that the list of invitees remained until mid-July.
This is because the Ministry of Public Administration and Security, which kept the list, said it had destroyed the invitee list on July 15th.
It was partially destroyed right following the inauguration ceremony, but there is a list remaining in the form of files in the Ministry of Public Administration and Security, so it was completely deleted around July 15.
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“Now that we have achieved the purpose of retaining personal information, it is rather problematic to retain it. There is an opinion that we should destroy it as soon as possible…”
However, on July 15th, it was only two days following the fact that far-right YouTuber Ahn Jung-kwon attended the inauguration ceremony was announced.
As the controversy arose, suspicions arose that the Ministry of Public Administration and Security, fearing leaks of the participant list, may have deleted it in haste.
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“(The far-right YouTuber, Deutsche Motors chairman’s son, etc.) The Ministry of Public Administration and Security seems to have discarded the list when it became controversial that these people were invited to the presidential inauguration. You have to figure it out yourself.”
Due to the deletion of the list of the Ministry of Public Administration and Security, it has become difficult to determine how many more people in question and who invited them.
The Ministry of Public Administration and Security explained that the retention period had passed and the principle was to destroy it because of the Personal Information Protection Act, and explained that the deletion was not conscious of the controversy over the invitation of a specific person.
This is Kim Gun-hwi from MBC News.
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