Nam Gu-jun, the head of the Gyeongnam Police Agency, recommended by the police as the head of the national investigation headquarters. Provided by the National Police Agency
The police decided to recommend Nam Gu-jun, 54, the Gyeongnam Police Commissioner, as the first head of the National Investigation Headquarters, called the’Korean version of the FBI’. Initially, five outsiders, including a lawyer from the police, applied for the contest for the head of the noodle headquarters, but the police decided to make an internal recommendation in consideration of neutrality and expertise.
The National Police Agency announced on the 22nd that it has held a comprehensive review committee for candidates for appointment with external experts as its chairperson, and decided to recommend Commissioner Nam as a candidate for the head of the noodle headquarters through in-depth individual interviews and document review.
After graduating from the Gyeongnam Masan Jungang High School and the Police Department (5th), Commissioner Nam served as the head of the Gyeongnam Provincial Police Department, the head of the Masan East Police Department, the chief of the crime information department of the National Police Agency, and the chief of the special investigation department of the National Police Agency. Last year, he led the investigation of Telegram’n-bang’ as the chief of the Cyber Safety Bureau of the National Police Agency. If the head of the Noodles Headquarters recommends a candidate by the Commissioner of the National Police Agency, President Moon Jae-in will be appointed by the Minister of Public Administration and Security and the Prime Minister.
Initially, the weight of’external recruitment’ was added, but in consideration of neutrality,
Even before and after the launch of the noodle soup in January of this year, the prospect that the first head of the noodle headquarters would be recommended as an outside person was predominant. This is because there was a voice that a symbolic person was needed to lead the police, who grew in size, in a neutral way due to the adjustment of the power of prosecutor and police investigation. According to this, the police conducted an open recruitment of the head of the noodle headquarters last month, and five people including Seung-ho Baek, former dean of the University of Police, Se-min Lee, former deputy chief of the Chungbuk Police Agency, Judge Lee Jeong-ryul, lawyer Lee Chang-hwan, and lawyer Ji-young Kim, applied.
The police cited professionalism and neutrality as a reason for selecting Chief Commissioner Nam, an insider, not an applicant for a contest. The National Police Agency said, “The head of the Noodles Headquarters is an important qualification requirement, such as over 30,000 investigative police officers who are directly connected to the independence and neutrality of the investigation, as well as the heads of 18 provincial police officers. Considering the importance, there was an effort to select the best person from inside and outside the organization.” He added, “It was finally decided to recommend internally by synthesizing the purpose of the revised police law and opinions of the committee.”
Concerns about the five applicants were raised during the contest screening process, which was conveyed as the background of the police shifting their focus to internal recommendation. Considering the careers of some applicants, it is known that it may be difficult to assemble inside the police if entrusted with a police officer, and that if a lawyer from an incumbent law firm is appointed, the objectivity of the investigation may be impaired.
Leading the investigation of room n…Minister of Public Security Jeon Hae-cheol, high school juniors, etc.
At the signboard ceremony of the National Investigation Headquarters held at the Seodaemun-gu Police Office in Seoul on the morning of the 4th of last month, attendees such as Kim Chang-ryong (the fourth from the left) and the National Police Commissioner (fourth from the left) and Park Jeong-hoon (the fifth from the left) are unveiling the signboard. News 1
Commissioner Nam Goo-jun was the head of the Cyber Safety Bureau of the National Police Agency last year and led the’Digital Sex Crimes Special Investigation Headquarter’ in response to the’n-bang’ and’Park Sa-bang’ cases. Chat room operators such as Jo Joo-bin and Moon Hyeong-wook, as well as video holders and paid members, were thoroughly investigated and evaluated for quick results. In addition, he has been in charge of investigation for a long time and is regarded as a person with strong trust among the police.
However, because Commissioner Nam is a high school junior to Minister Jeon Jeon-cheol of the Ministry of Public Administration and Security, there are also talks about whether the former minister’s breath worked in the process of the promotion. As former Minister Moon Jae-in is a close friend of President Moon Jae-in and is classified as a “real family member,” politics has raised concerns about the neutrality of the investigation.
The recommendation of the Commissioner Nam by the National Police Agency on this day is highly likely to have been conducted under prior sympathy with the Blue House and the Ministry of Public Administration and Security, so the appointment of Commissioner Nam is virtually certain. When Commissioner Nam is inaugurated as the first head of the noodle soup, the police chief, the Seoul Police Commissioner, and the head of the Noodle Headquarters, which are the’big 3’seats in the police, will all be occupied by the police.
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