Police organize fact-finding team to investigate suspicion of ignoring video
Whether the investigation command line is aware of the key
Prosecutors also investigate… If systematic intervention hits the police,
On the morning of the 25th, Vice Minister of Justice Lee Yong-gu exits the Gwacheon Justice Office in Gyeonggi and boards a vehicle. Newsis
The black box video containing the assault scene of a taxi driver by the Vice Minister of Justice Lee Yong-gu is revealed to have been dismissed even after the police officer in charge confirmed it, raising the suspicion of a’watching investigation. The police drew a line on the suspicion of systematic disregard, saying, “The content was not originally reported by the police officer in charge,” but it is also pointed out that it is unlikely that the front line officer covered the evidence on their own line without reporting to the command line.
On the 25th, the police said, “The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency has organized a fact-finding team of 13 people in relation to this vice minister case and initiated a full-scale investigation.” Choi Seung-ryul, the head of the National Investigation Headquarters, told a press conference that day, “I explained that there was no video that could be evidenced in the media last month, but it was confirmed that some were not true, and I regretted the public.” Said.
At the time, even though Police Officer A, the police officer in charge of Seoul’s Seocho Police Station, knew about the existence of the video, it was the core of the fact-finding investigation. Until now, the police have explained that △the evidence was unclear because there was no black box video to prove the crime, and △the victim (taxi driver) agreed with Lee to close the assault case. However, as it turns out that the police officer in charge ignored the black box video, the police’s existing judgment that “the case was finished because there was no evidence” was lost.
As of now, the police are aware that Sergeant A has not reported the existence of the video to the Seocho-seo investigation line. “There was no evidence that the investigator had checked the black box video in the case report,” said Choi. I judged it.” He added, “We will check whether (Sergeant A) made a false report or whether the report was simply omitted through a fact-finding investigation.”
Once the police see that possibility is low, if it is revealed that the command line in Seocho-seo, the Seoul Police Agency, or the police agency level was involved in ignoring the assault video, the police are likely to suffer a significant blow to the credibility of the entire organization. Since this year, the police have been handed over the right to terminate the first investigation, and public opinion is also expected to be inevitable.
The need to observe the prosecution’s investigation to the end is also raised, not just a matter of solving the facts of the police. Seoul Central District Prosecutor’s Office 5th Criminal Division (Director Dong-Eon Lee) secured the details of calls and text messages between the policeman and the recovery company that repaired the black box in question, and investigated when the police knew the existence of the black box assault video. have. The prosecution is expected to focus on whether △Sergeant A omitted evidence by his own judgment, △whether there was a request from Vice Minister Lee, △whether the police command line intervened.
Jihoo Shin reporter [email protected]
Hyunjoo Lee reporter [email protected]
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