On the 28th, police chief Kim Chang-ryong denied the suspicion of a “watching investigation” in the assault case of a taxi driver by Vice Minister of Justice Lee Yong-gu. He said, “The incident has not been reported to the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency and the National Police Agency, and has not been reported to the Blue House.
Police Commissioner Kim Chang-ryong is entering for a briefing on reform of power institutions at the Seodaemun-gu Police Office in Seoul on the afternoon of the 16th. yunhap news
Commissioner Kim held a press conference in writing considering the situation of Corona 19. It is a method of responding in writing to inquiries from reporters entering the police station. Commissioner Kim explained the situation at the time, saying, “The above incident occurred on the 6th of last month and the Seocho Police Station closed the internal affairs on the 12th of the same month.” In this regard, a high-ranking official of the National Police Agency said, “In Seocho-seo, I only knew I was a lawyer at the time (Justice Office of the Ministry of Justice, etc.), but I didn’t know about my specific career.” I gave an explanation.
According to Commissioner Kim, a taxi driver, a victim, reported to 112 that “a male passenger caught the neck” at around 11:30 pm on the 6th of last month, and the police were dispatched to the scene. The driver submitted a picture of his neck to the police, but the affected area was not confirmed. After that, on the 9th of last month, three days after the incident, the taxi driver filed an application for disapproval to the criminal in charge, saying, “I was caught awakening a passenger after arriving at the destination, but I do not want to be punished by agreeing smoothly.” Therefore, on the 12th of last month, Seocho-seo concluded the case by applying the crime of assault instead of the Act on Aggravated Punishment for Specific Crimes (Special Privilege Act) based on the site situation, victim statements, and related precedents.
At the National Assembly on the 24th, a so-called judicial committee related to the Severe Disaster Law was held. Vice Minister of Justice Lee Yong-gu is moving to the conference room. Reporter Oh Jong-taek
Since then, controversy has arisen whether it is a problem to apply the charges of simple assault under the criminal law without following the Special Act (Aggravated Punishment for Assault on Drivers). A high-ranking National Police Agency official said, “If you filed mechanically in accordance with the 112 report, it would be a great damage to the people.” “When considering current police regulations or guidelines, the application of assault crime or internal investigation I think there is nothing wrong with closing.”
Nevertheless, some point out on the insolvency of the police’s initial investigation. It turned out that the incident report did not indicate whether the taxi was started at the time. A police official said, “The taxi driver has expressed that it has’arrived at the destination,'” and said, “You can refer to whether or not the start-up has been turned on, but it should not be considered a decisive factor.”
In addition, regarding the fact that the location where the taxi stopped was not’in the apartment complex’, but as a’general road’ with the road name, unlike the police explanation, “This place is the back road between the apartment complex and the complex. In addition, it was not built on the side of the road, but was a space that came into the security room of the apartment, so I decided that it was not a place to worry about traffic order or safety.”
A apartment in Seoul that the police said on the 20th as the location of the assault accident. Reporter Park Hyun-joo
Regarding the concerns that the police will have the right to terminate the first investigation from next year with this case, Commissioner Kim said, “The revised Criminal Procedure Act gives the police the right to terminate the investigation, but instead of giving the police the right to terminate the investigation, the person concerned in the case and prosecutors We have prepared several devices to control the police investigation.”
Regarding whether there is a plan to investigate Vice Minister Lee again or inspect the police officer in charge of the case, Commissioner Kim said, “It is not appropriate to comment on this since it is being investigated and accused by the prosecution.”
Reporter Moon-hee Wi [email protected]