'Warrant Returned' Kim Byungki Probe Nears Completion Again; Police Cooperate with Public Prosecution Office
15-hour questioning; cooperation process with Public Prosecution Office underway
Final course of action, including whether to seek an arrest warrant again, remains undecided
Police investigating various allegations of misconduct against independent lawmaker Kim Byungki have completed their supplementary investigation and entered a cooperation process with the Public Prosecution Office. The specific course of action, including whether to seek an arrest warrant again, has not yet been decided.
Independent lawmaker Kim Byung-ki, who faces allegations including accepting bribes in exchange for nominations, appears at the Public Crime Investigation Unit of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency in Mapo-gu on the 31st of last month for questioning. Yonhap News Agency
View original imageSeoul Metropolitan Police Agency Commissioner Go Beomseok said at a regular press briefing on the morning of November 2, regarding the case against Kim, "The investigation is complete, and we are proceeding with the cooperation process on an important case with a Public Prosecution Office prosecutor in accordance with the investigation rules." He added that "nothing has been finalized yet" regarding the final direction of the investigation or whether to seek an arrest warrant again.
Kim was questioned by police for about 15 hours, from 10 a.m. on October 31 until 1 a.m. the following day. It was his eighth summons for questioning since his first interview as a suspect in February. The questioning took place 50 days after an arrest warrant sought by police in September was returned at the Public Prosecution Office (then the prosecution service), along with a request for a supplementary investigation.
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Asked why the eighth round of questioning of Kim had taken so long, Commissioner Go said, "I understand it ran late because reviewing the records took a long time." Regarding the fact that the deadline for handling the case recommended by the police Investigation Review Committee had passed, he said, "We are in the final stages of our review," adding, "I think the matter will be wrapped up once the cooperation process is complete."
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