The police apologized for the alleged misinvestigation in the assault of a taxi driver by Vice Minister of Justice Lee Yong-gu. On the 29th, the police said, “The facts and other parts that were previously explained were confirmed late,” and “I am sorry to the people.”
On the 27th, the prosecution investigating the assault case of a taxi driver by Deputy Minister of Justice Yong-gu Lee confiscated and searched the Seocho Police Station in Seoul, which is suspected of having conducted a’look-aside investigation’. News 1
Initially, the police insisted that “there was no black box video,” and that “there was no problem (in case handling) according to the guidelines.” However, on the 23rd, vice-minister A, who was an investigator in charge of the assault case, admitted that’I have seen the video.’ Police ordered slope A on standby.
Afterwards, the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency formed a fact-finding team and began investigating the process of the investigation team’s case in November last year. According to the police, Seocho Police Chief, Criminal Section Chief, Criminal 4 Team Leader, and Police A were among the subjects of the fact-finding team’s inspection. The fact-finding team is doing digital forensic work by randomly submitting their cell phones and office computers. In addition to these, four additional police officers, including the police box policeman who received business cards from Deputy Minister Lee, were investigated as additional reference.
Meanwhile, in the process, the police secured a black box video when the vice minister of Justice Yong-gu Lee assaulted a taxi driver. It has been 85 days since the assault incident occurred. An official from the fact-finding team said, “To confirm the accurate facts, we investigated the taxi driver, the victim, and the president of the black box company,” and said, “We are also securing and analyzing the video.”
However, the police said they were not in direct contact with the Vice Minister Lee. An official of the fact-finding team said, “The core of the fact-finding is that the conclusion was wrong because the departure was wrong during the police process.”
When the results of the digital forensics come out, the police will synthesize the statements of police officers and make a conclusion as to whether or not to investigate.
Reporter Kyung-Hyun Kyung-Hyun [email protected]