'Internal Corruption' Unit Searches Police Officers Over Leaked Case Information
National Police Agency's Major Crimes Investigation Unit Conducts Searches and Seizures
Leaked Investigation Details Received While Working at the Same Police Station
A newly established police investigative unit tasked with eradicating internal corruption has launched a compulsory investigation targeting two incumbent senior officers.
National Police Agency in Seodaemun-gu, Seoul. The Asia Business Daily database.
View original imageAccording to the National Police Agency on October 8, its Major Crimes Investigation Unit searched the offices of Department Head A at Seoul Songpa Police Station and Department Head B at Suwon Paldal Police Station in Gyeonggi Province on October 7, on suspicion of leaking official secrets. This is the first known case of an investigation being launched since police established a dedicated unit to root out internal corruption, including leaks of investigative information.
Department Head A and others worked together at a police station in the Seongnam area last year. At the time, A allegedly received investigative details from Department Head B, who was handling the case, at the request of a person involved in it, and then leaked the information.
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The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency and the Gyeonggi Nambu Provincial Police Agency placed Department Heads A and B, respectively, on standby assignment.
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