[1] In December 2000, during the so-called 'Kwon No-gap's resignation scandal', the phone conversations of young Democratic Party lawmakers and those involved in Jin Seung-Hyun's gate were wiretapped.
[1] It has been also confirmed that a phone call by ULD lawmaker Lee regarding Hwang Jang-Yup's visit to the U.S. in 2001 and the dismissal of Unification Minister Lim Dong-won in the same year were also wiretapped.
During the 2002 South Korean presidential election, Chung Hyung-Geun obtained a copy of the documents confirming that the NIS was wiretapping some opposing party's politicians in the summer of 2002.
[citation needed] The data still contains highly reliable information, especially Hanwha's alleged acquisition of Korea Life Insurance, which still raises questions about the source, but Chung, a reference, did not cooperate with the investigation, and no progress was made.
[citation needed] In December 2000, during the so-called 'Kwon No-gap's resignation scandal', phone conversations of young Democratic Party lawmakers and those involved in Jin Seung-hyun's gate were wiretapped.
[9] It has been confirmed that the contents of the ULD lawmaker Lee's phone call regarding Hwang Jang-yup's visit to the U.S. in 2001 and the dismissal of Unification Minister Lim Dong-won in the same year were also wiretapped.
[6] However, during the investigation, the two former NIS chiefs flatly denied the allegations, and after the arrest, statements, and additional evidence of some director-level or higher officials, the full story was revealed in November 2005.
From October 2000 to November 2001, Kim Eun-sung, deputy director of the National Intelligence Service, and others are suspected of ordering NIS officials to illegally spy on politicians and others using wiretapping equipment.
[11] According to a prosecutor's investigation in September 2005, the NIS also ordered Jin Seung-Hyun, a party of the gate, to wiretap several unspecified calls related to his acquisition of the company and illegal loans.
After the charges were revealed in October 2005, Kim Eun-sung, one of the commanders of the case, admitted during the trial that the provincial government had already existed since before the Korean Central Intelligence Agency became the NIS in 1999.
[10] On October 8, Kim Eun-sung said in a warrant review by the Seoul Central District Court, "The wiretapping was done conventionally in order to preserve the sovereignty of the state, not for the purpose of political inspection.
"[11] On May 1, 2005, the Public Security Department of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office cleared Shin Geon of the NIS's suspicion of wiretapping, which led to a dispute between the ruling and opposition parties ahead of the 2002 presidential election.
Lawmakers from the ruling and opposition parties criticized the illegal wiretapping practices of intelligence agencies in one voice, demanding accurate truth-finding, punishment of related officials, and measures to prevent a recurrence.
"[13] When asked about the process of rebuilding Mirim and reporting lines of the special wiretapping team in 1994, Kim avoided an immediate answer, saying, "It is hard to say because I can't figure out the whole story."
The prosecution listed seven cases in the indictment of former Deputy Director Kim that the National Intelligence Service illegally wiretapped using R-2, a wire relay network monitoring equipment between 2000 and 2001.
[17] The two former presidents claimed at a hearing held at the Seoul Central District Court on the 22nd (Chief Judge Choi Wan-Joo) that "I have never received a report of communication intelligence written by illegal wiretapping."
'[14] "We have met with Shin several times or talked on the phone until NIS chief Kim Seung-kyu admitted to the illegal wiretapping on August 5 and was arrested at the end of October.
[19] The Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office indicted former NIS chiefs Lim Dong-won and Shin Gun-Koo, who were arrested on charges of violating the Communication Secret Protection Act on November 15, while on trial.
[19] According to the prosecution, they were accused of illegally wiretapping mobile phones of major figures in Korea by operating a three-shift, the 8th bureau's surveillance team during their tenure as NIS chief.
[19] Kim Eun-sung (60), former deputy director of the National Intelligence Service, told the court that Lim Dong-won and Shin Geon, former NIS chiefs, "caught" wiretapping.
[20] At the first hearing held at the Seoul Central District Court, Judge Kim Sang-Chul said, "The envelope containing the communication report comes to the director's desk every 12 months a year.
He is Kim Dae-Jung administration, from January 2001 to April 2000, Lim Dong-won and Shin Kuhn of wiretapping by serving as second deputy director under the instructions on November 26, arrested and indicted on charges of.
[20] Lee Soo-il, deputy director of the National Intelligence Service, who had been under internal investigation by the prosecution since August 2005, hanged himself at the office of the president of Honam University.
It has been reported that the NIS's wiretapping documents released by the Grand National Party ahead of the 2002 presidential election have also been investigated by Chung Hyung-Keun and former lawmaker Kim Young-il.
[21] Former NIS chief Shin Gun, who he assisted, was arrested in connection with the case, and some executives who were in the provincial government's approval line were reportedly prosecuted, which led to intense mental pressure during the investigation.
The former head of the National Intelligence Service denied the charges, but after Lee Soo-il's suicide, he believed it was certain that the directors were involved and began to persuade internal investigations and statements about NIS officials.
He also said he met with prosecutors, provincial investigation teams, Lee's lawyer, NIS staff, and bereaved families to determine whether there were any problems such as human rights violations.
The Supreme Prosecutors' Office has been conducting fact-finding activities with Kwon Jae-jin, head of the public security department, since December 21, shortly after Lee committed suicide.
[19] As the allegations were revealed, the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office arrested and indicted two former NIS chiefs, Lim Dong-won and Shin Geon, on charges of violating the Communication Secret Protection Act on December 2.
[27] Meanwhile, Kim Eun-sung and others met then GNP chief of staff Lee Hoi-chang to ask for cooperation in the Anpung case, and in June 2000, former Democratic Party lawmaker Jang Sung-min criticized Kwon No-gap.