[단독] "I do not want to go to jail for health director.

Lee Jae-Myung, governor of Gyeonggi Province, attended the plenary session held at the Gyeonggi Provincial Assembly in Suwon City, Gyeonggi Province on the 26th and headed for the office. [연합뉴스]

Lee Jae-myung (54), deputy mayor of Seongnam City in 2012, who tried to hospitalize Lee Jae-sun, who died in 2017, told JoongAng Ilbo that "The two chiefs of Public health responsible for going to the hospital came to see me and complained of pain. "

Park, a former deputy mayor, said: "The head of the former health center who had opposed forced hospitalization from the beginning had asked him to change jobs because he was really distressed. " His successor, a former head of health center, I do not sleep at night, "he said.

Former Vice Mayor Park, who was investigated on 9 September as a reference person at the Suwon District Attorney's Office in Seongnam District, reportedly confirmed that he filed this statement with the parquet. A police investigation in July revealed that they had made the same statement. A charge official said, "It is true that he summoned Vice Mayor Park, but he can not confirm the statement."

This is the first time that a senior official who works at Seongnam City Hall has publicly announced his position regarding the governor's instruction in forced hospitalization. Park, deputy vice mayor of Seongnam City, from April to September 2012, when the governor attempted to hospitalize forcibly, then went to Ansan City Hall in July from the 39, the following year. In 2014 and 2018, the PNB and the Free Democratic Democratic Party were declared candidates to the mayor of Seongnam, but both failed.

Park Jung-oh Former Deputy Mayor of Seongnam City. The deputy mayor left the city in 2013 to take the post of deputy mayor of Ansan and retired the same year. [안산시 제공]

The governor said: "After reviewing various opinions on the mandatory diagnosis of my brother, I decided that the psychological and diagnostic procedures prescribed by law were necessary," he said. "If some junior officials do not agree, how can you do your job?" "The essence of the statement is that all the statements made by the Seongnam City officials are true," did he declare.

Park, however, stated that he and his colleagues were aware that the attempt to forcibly hospitalize was not legitimate at that time. According to the old Mental Health Act (revised in 2017), the head of the municipal governor had the right to hospitalize a mental illness, but the requirements such as "face to face diagnosis" do not include "mental health". were not available. Park also said, "It was hard to see that Mr. Jae-sun was a real threat to the citizens."

The former head of the former governor, who had received for the first time the instructions relating to forced hospitalization, had stated in the course of his lawsuits that the contents of his complaints about the city of Seongnam , who had motivated Jae Sun's forced hospitalization, was "Confirmed The prosecution stated that Lee, who had succeeded the former head of the commission, had obtained a statement that he was in conflict with the secretaries of the governor after stopping trying to hospitalize Jae Sun.

Lee Jae-Myung, a governor from Gyeonggi Province, who went to the Seongnam District Office in Seongnam City, Gyeonggi Province on April 24, is taking steps to encourage his followers, suspected of false accusations regarding the admission of his brother-in-law, [연합뉴스]

In response, Lee met with Joongang Ilbo on the 28th and said: "I received instructions and attempted a forced hospitalization for Mr. Jae Sun. I felt like a burden and stopped myself arbitrarily . " Many government officials think I am also a victim. Forced hospitalization will be conducted in accordance with the law. "

Park said the lawsuits and the police investigation had not revealed to the governor the advice he had given at the time. Park said: "The prosecutor's office did not specify whether the mayor and the acting mayor would disclose the conversations they had talked about during a forced hospitalization." However, Park said, "The head of local governments should not act like a king, we must respect the law and the principles to make municipal government work."

In the meantime, the prosecution reportedly stated that Yoon-sun, who held the post of head of the governor's office, had taken statements from Seongnam city officials who had invoked his feelings. At the time, the statement said that Jae Sun made several statements by filing a number of complaints in the city of Seongnam, according to the prosecution, which did not know that the statement would be used for forced hospitalization. However, Yoon would have denied all charges related to forced hospitalization as part of the investigation.

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