Cheong Wa Dae /Yonhap

Cheong Wa Dae demanded an apology from President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol's transition team Friday for accusing the outgoing administration of interfering with the appointment of the new CEO of Daewoo Shipbuilding Marine Engineering (DSME).

Park Soo-hyun, senior secretary for public communication, told TBS radio the Moon Jae-in government "has never been involved in personnel appointments at private companies."

On Thursday, transition committee deputy spokesperson Won Il-hee said the team will ask the state auditor to look into the appointment of Park Doo-sun, a friend of Moon's younger brother, as CEO of DSME, which is under government control.

Won denounced the appointment as "irrational" and "shameless."