고씨는 지난 2015년 12월 ‘비선실세’ 최순실씨로부터 신설되는 보직인 인천본부세관장으로 임명할 사람이 있는지 알아보라는 지시를 받았다.
In December 2015, Koh was ordered by Choi Soon-sil, a "shadowy ruler," to see if anyone was to be appointed as head of the Incheon headquarters tax office, a post to be newly made.