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민주당 문재인 의원은 2007년 남북정상 회담 대화록 미(未) 이관과 관련, 검찰이 참고인으로 출석할 것을 요구한 데 대해 "의연하고 당당하게 응하겠다"는 입장을 검찰에 전달한 것으로 4일 확인됐다.
문 의원은 지난 2일 검찰로부터 참고인 출석 요구 통보를 받은 직후 이 같은 입장을 변호인을 통해 검찰에 전했다고 문 의원측 핵심 관계자가 연합뉴스와의 통화에 서 밝혔다.
문 의원은 검찰의 통보를 받은 뒤 당 지도부에도 이 같은 사실을 알린 것으로 전해졌다.
이와 관련, 문 의원은 4일 오후 국회 의원회관에서 열린 꿈보따리정책연구원(원 장 김성훈)의 창립 심포지엄에 참석, 기자들과 만나 "검찰과 협의하는 대로 내일이든 모레든 가급적 빠르게 소환(출석 요구)에 응하겠다"고 밝혔다.
'검찰의 출석 요구에 문제가 있다고 보느냐'는 질문에는 "(이미) 제가 응하겠다 고 입장을 밝힌 바도 있고…"라며 언급을 자제했다.
출석 요구의 시점과 형식에 대해선 "크게 중요하지 않다"고 말했다.
무소속 안철수 의원이 이날 기자회견을 열어 국가기관의 대선개입 의혹 사건 진 상규명을 위해 특검 도입을 공개적으로 요구한 것과 관련해선 "뉴스를 못 봐 잘 모르겠다"고만 했다.
문 의원측은 이번 검찰의 출석 요구에 대해 정치적 의도가 있는 것으로 의심된다고 강력 반발했다.
한 핵심 인사는 "검찰이 문 의원을 부르려고 했다면 진작 불렀어야 한다"며 "이 미 20명에 가까운 사람들을 다 불러 조사하는 등 수사가 거의 끝난 상황 아니냐"고 지적했다.
특히 "대화록 이관 문제와 문 의원은 직접 관련이 없다"며 "이런 상황에서 문 의원을 굳이 부르려는 것은 100% 다른 목적이 있다고 볼 수밖에 없다. 이런저런 코너에 몰려 있으니 또다시 국면을 전환하려는 꼼수"라고 비판했다.
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Moon summoned in summit transcript probe
By Choi He-suk
Prosecutors have summoned Moon Jae-in, former presidential candidate of the opposition Democratic Party, for questioning as their investigation into the missing 2007 inter-Korean summit transcript nears conclusion.
According to the prosecution, Moon was told to appear for questioning as soon as possible. Moon is said to have informed the prosecution that he would answer the summons, and the two sides are now working out the date.
Moon was chief of staff to late President Roh Moo-hyun, and has been pointed to as being key to the case.
The transcript of the summit became a hot political issue last year when ruling Saenuri Party lawmakers accused Roh of conceding the Northern Limit Line –- the de factor inter-Korean maritime border in the West Sea -– to the late North Korean leader Kim Jong-il.
The transcript was subsequently found to be absent from the National Archives, prompting the prosecution to launch an investigation.
A copy of the transcript, however, was shown to be held by the National Intelligence Service, while another was recovered from the data storage system at Roh’s retirement home in Bongha, South Gyeongsang Province.
The DP is responding to the news by upping the criticism of the prosecution, calling the move biased and apparently part of a political scheme.
DP floor leader Rep. Jun Byung-hun berated the prosecution, saying that the timing of the move was suspicious for coinciding with President Park Geun-hye’s trip to Europe and the parliamentary audit of the NIS. He added that the main issue in the case is the fact that the transcript was not transferred to the National Archives, and that Moon has openly said that he will subject himself to questioning.
“What is more important is the fact that it was illegally disclosed and used in the presidential election. The investigation regarding this, however, is not moving forward at all,” Jun said. He went on to say that the Saenuri Party’s Rep. Kim Moo-sung and Korean Ambassador to China Kwon Young-se do not appear to have been investigated.
“This is also a very serious matter, and the DP cannot but say that it is a biased and political investigation.”
Kim and Kwon played a key part in the president’s election campaign, and are accused of having had access to the transcript in the run up to the Dec. 19 election.
(cheesuk@heraldcorp.com)
Moon summoned in summit transcript probe
By Choi He-suk
Prosecutors have summoned Moon Jae-in, former presidential candidate of the opposition Democratic Party, for questioning as their investigation into the missing 2007 inter-Korean summit transcript nears conclusion.
According to the prosecution, Moon was told to appear for questioning as soon as possible. Moon is said to have informed the prosecution that he would answer the summons, and the two sides are now working out the date.
Moon was chief of staff to late President Roh Moo-hyun, and has been pointed to as being key to the case.
The transcript of the summit became a hot political issue last year when ruling Saenuri Party lawmakers accused Roh of conceding the Northern Limit Line –- the de factor inter-Korean maritime border in the West Sea -– to the late North Korean leader Kim Jong-il.
The transcript was subsequently found to be absent from the National Archives, prompting the prosecution to launch an investigation.
A copy of the transcript, however, was shown to be held by the National Intelligence Service, while another was recovered from the data storage system at Roh’s retirement home in Bongha, South Gyeongsang Province.
The DP is responding to the news by upping the criticism of the prosecution, calling the move biased and apparently part of a political scheme.
DP floor leader Rep. Jun Byung-hun berated the prosecution, saying that the timing of the move was suspicious for coinciding with President Park Geun-hye’s trip to Europe and the parliamentary audit of the NIS. He added that the main issue in the case is the fact that the transcript was not transferred to the National Archives, and that Moon has openly said that he will subject himself to questioning.
“What is more important is the fact that it was illegally disclosed and used in the presidential election. The investigation regarding this, however, is not moving forward at all,” Jun said. He went on to say that the Saenuri Party’s Rep. Kim Moo-sung and Korean Ambassador to China Kwon Young-se do not appear to have been investigated.
“This is also a very serious matter, and the DP cannot but say that it is a biased and political investigation.”
Kim and Kwon played a key part in the president’s election campaign, and are accused of having had access to the transcript in the run up to the Dec. 19 election.
(cheesuk@heraldcorp.com)
