The Marine Corps special investigation team has imposed a travel ban on Kim Yong-won, a Commissioner of the National Human Rights Commission and Vice Minister of Military Human Rights Protection, after rejecting the emergency remedy request by Colonel Park Jeong-hoon, head of the Marine Corps investigation team.
According to legal circles on the 21st, the Marine Corps special investigation team recently applied to the Ministry of Justice for a travel ban on Kim, which has been approved. The special investigation team plans to summon Kim and the members of the Military Human Rights Subcommittee at that time to investigate the reasons for the rejection of Colonel Park's emergency remedy request.
The Military Human Rights Subcommittee, chaired by Kim, rejected the emergency remedy request for former Director General Park on August 29, 2023, which was filed by the Military Human Rights Center on August 14 of that year. The Military Human Rights Center also filed a complaint regarding the human rights violations of Colonel Park, which was dismissed in January of last year.
On August 9, 2023, Kim criticized the retrieval measures taken by the Defense Ministry's prosecution team in the case of Private Cha. However, the special investigation team suspects that he changed his stance after a phone call with then-Minister of National Defense Lee Jong-seop on the day the Military Human Rights Center submitted its complaint and emergency remedy request.
Earlier, the Military Human Rights Center referred Kim to the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials for investigation on charges including ▲ dismissal of the complaint against Colonel Park ▲ obstruction of the emergency remedy deliberation ▲ and abuse of power related to communication with the former minister.
On the same day, Special Prosecutor Jeong Min-young stated at a regular briefing that the investigation into the allegations regarding the rejection of Colonel Park's emergency remedy request by the Human Rights Commission, in response to a military request, is currently in the early stages and will proceed in earnest.