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Fri, January 22, 2021 | 15:21
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`New Right' sets off uproar with history textbook
"전두환 장남 전재국 페이퍼컴퍼니 비자금 유입주목"
Posted : 2013-06-03 19:29
Updated : 2013-06-03 19:29
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Choi Seung-ho from the Korea Center for Investigative Journalism holds a document showing that Chun Jae-kook, the eldest son of former President Chun Doo-hwan, set up a paper company in the British Virgin Islands on July 28, 2004, during a news conference in Seoul, Monday. / Yonhap
Choi Seung-ho from the Korea Center for Investigative Journalism holds a document showing that Chun Jae-kook, the eldest son of former President Chun Doo-hwan, set up a paper company in the British Virgin Islands on July 28, 2004, during a news conference in Seoul, Monday. / Yonhap

By Kim Tae-gyu


A new history textbook from Kyohak Publishing is generating a public uproar for suspected wholesale historical fabrication.

"New Right" scholar Kwon Hee-young, head of the Association for Contemporary Korean History, is among the writers. Kwon's organization is said to be behind distortions strewn throughout the textbook that has been given preliminary approval for school use.

Its exact content will be announced only after a final review in August but judging by the New Right scholar's stance, sources say that the schoolbook underrates pro-democracy movements.

For instance, the May 18 Gwangju Democratization Movement in 1980 is termed "a riot," while the April 19 Student Revolution in 1960 is a "student movement."

The Gwangju incident was a bloody struggle by citizens against the dictatorship of Chun Doo-hwan who rose to power through a coup. The April revolution had students lead a fight against and topple the corrupt and incompetent government of inaugural President Syngman Rhee.

The right-wing scholars tend to deprecate independence fighters against Japan in the early 20th century as terrorists based on the pro-Japanese view that the 1910-45 colonial rule helped Korea modernize.

"The biggest problem of the so-called New Right historians is that they negate the constitutional spirit on how we gained independence from Japan and how we achieved democracy after a long dictatorship" Professor Han Sang-kwon at Sungshin Women's University said.

"If the new textbook wins final approval in August, schools can take it as their official history book beginning next March. We need to join hands to stop it."

The textbook not only concerns experts but also angers citizens, who threaten to boycott any books published by Kyohak Publishing. Some even say that if their schools opt for the history book, they will transfer their children to another school.

They contend that Korea cannot lash out at Japanese rightists who have attempted to gloss over their colonial rule and wartime atrocities if the country itself cannot prevent the publication of a pro-Japanese, ultra-rightist textbook.

Kyohak Publishing said that the new textbook does not contain the content that people worry about but refused to reveal details citing that it can't do so before getting the final green light in August.

The National Institute of Korean History (NIKH), which is in charge of reviewing the new textbook, also said that the New Right historians were not allowed to add any illegitimate facts or politicize explanations.

It said the textbook is not similar to the New Right's "alternative" history book in 2008 that contained a lot of ideology-oriented content.

"As far as we know, two of seven writers of the textbook are New Right scholars. They are not permitted to deviate from our strict guidelines set out in advance," an NIKH official said.

"It is simply impossible to call the Gwangju uprising a riot or describe any military coups as desirable."


"전두환 장남 전재국 페이퍼컴퍼니 비자금 유입주목"

뉴스타파 조세피난처 프로젝트 4차 명단 발표

독립인터넷 언론인 뉴스타파는 3일 전두환 전 대통령의 장남 전재국씨가 조세피난처인 영국령 버진아일랜드에 페이퍼컴퍼니(유령회사)를 설립한 것으로 나타났다고 밝혔다.

국세청은 전씨가 출판회사인 '시공사'의 대표인데다 페이퍼컴퍼니의 주소지가 회사 주소지로 등재된 만큼 시공사측의 관련성 여부에 대한 자료 확인에 나설 것으로 알려져 주목된다.

뉴스타파는 이날 오전 프레스센터에서 기자회견을 갖고 이런 내용을 담은 국제탐사보도언론인협회(ICIJ)와의 공동 작업을 통해 확인한 '조세피난처 프로젝트' 4차 명단을 발표했다.

뉴스타파에 따르면 전재국씨는 2004년 7월 28일 버진아일랜드에 블루아도니스 코포레이션(Blue Adonis Corporation) 이라는 페이퍼컴퍼니를 설립했다.

전씨는 이 회사의 단독 등기이사이자 주주로 등재됐으며, 이사회 결의서 내부 자료에 주소로 표기된 서초동은 그가 대표로 있는 출판업체 '시공사'의 주소와 일치한다.

특히 전씨가 페이퍼컴퍼니를 설립한 2004년은 그의 동생 재용씨에 대한 검찰의 조세포탈 수사로 전두환 비자금 은닉 문제가 불거진 와중이어서 비자금이 페이퍼컴퍼니로 흘러들어갔을 가능성도 제기되고 있다.

당시 전재용씨에 대한 수사에서는 전 전 대통령의 비자금 가운데 73억원이 전씨에게 흘러들어간 것으로 나타나 해당 자금을 추징해야 한다는 여론이 비등했었다.
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뉴스타파는 전재국씨의 페이퍼컴퍼니 추적 과정에서 그가 최소한 6년 이상 이 회사를 보유했고 이와 연결된 해외 은행 계좌로 자금을 움직였다는 정황도 찾아냈다고 밝혔다.

앞서 전재국씨는 2004년 9월 22일까지 아랍은행 싱가포르 지점에 페이퍼컴퍼니 이름으로 계좌를 만들 계획이었지만 계좌 개설에 필요한 공증 서류가 버진아일랜드에서 싱가포르로 배송되는 과정에서 분실된 것으로 나타났다.

뉴스타파측은 '당시 전씨는 어떤 계좌에 예치해 둔 돈을 버진아일랜드에 세운 유령회사 명의의 아랍은행 계좌로 급히 예치하려 했다는 추정이 가능하다'고 말했다.

국세청 관계자는 '뉴스타파가 계속 명단을 발표하기로 한 만큼 일일이 대응하지 않겠다'면서도 '정확한 내용을 파악한 뒤 필요할 경우 시공사에 대해서도 검증에 나설 것'이라고 말했다.

시공사 관계자는 '그간 대표 개인의 문제와 회사와는 별개로 진행해 왔던 만큼 시공사 차원에서 대응을 할 지는 잘 모르겠다'고 말했다.
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