Yong-gu, Vice Minister of Justice Newsis
After the police confirmed the video of Vice Minister of Justice Lee Yong-gu assaulting taxi driver A while being drunk, the situation was revealed that the police did not reflect it in the investigation, and the Seoul Police Agency began to determine the truth.
The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency said in a notice on the 24th that “the information that the police officer in charge of the Seocho Police Station on November 11th of last year confirmed the black box video as a part of the facts and is grasping the truth,” and “I will explain the facts as soon as it is confirmed.” Informed.
On the previous day, TV Chosun reported that Mr. A showed the policeman a 30-second video saved on his mobile phone that Vice Minister Lee was assaulting. It is known that Mr. A sent the video to Vice Minister Lee the day after the assault.
Mr. A explained that the investigator who watched the maritime video said, “The car has stopped,” and “I will assume I haven’t seen the video.”
Earlier, the prosecution secured videos related to Lee’s assault, which the police could not secure in the investigation, during the re-investigation process. In addition, in the prosecution investigation received as a reference, Mr. A stated that he was stepping on the brake while the transmission was in a running state, not in a parked state at the time of the assault.
Deputy Minister Lee is under suspicion that he was swearing and assaulting by a taxi driver who woke him up in front of his home in Seocho-gu, Seoul on November 6, last year, while he was working as a lawyer before he was selected as Vice Minister of Justice.
At that time, Gyeong-cheol closed the case by applying only the charges of assaulting the driver while driving under the Specific Crimes Weighted Penalty Act (Special Privileges Act) because the taxi driver did not want to be punished.
Reporters Lee Hae-jun and Wi Moon-hee [email protected]