Commissioner Yoo Byung-ho of the Board of Audit and Inspection, accused of leaking military secrets during the audit of the "West Sea civil servant shooting" case, finished questioning on the 26th after about eight hours. The Board of Audit and Inspection's operations and reform task force (TF) filed a police complaint last November against seven former and current senior officials, including former Chairman Choi Jae-hae and Commissioner Yoo, on suspicion of violating the Military Secret Protection Act.
Commissioner Yoo, leaving after completing questioning at about 6:01 p.m. that day, said, "I explained to the police mainly the TF's various illegal and improper acts."
Commissioner Yoo, when he appeared before police at about 10:13 a.m. that day, also said, "It was perfectly natural and legitimate to have released matters related to the audit," adding, "There was not a single character of a secret in the announcement that the public should not know."
Police plan to analyze Commissioner Yoo's statements from that day and then coordinate a schedule to summon the former chairman of the Board of Audit and Inspection for questioning.
Commissioner Yoo is suspected of having disclosed specific classified information in a press release without undergoing deliberation by the Ministry of National Defense during the audit of the West Sea civil servant shooting case conducted in 2022–2023 under the Yoon Suk-yeol administration.
The TF also accused Commissioner Yoo on suspicion of carrying out illegal and improper acts by conducting inspections of staff who held views different from his and placing them on standby duty.