Dozens of Current and Former Senior Police Officials Probed Over Barca Match Tickets
Serious Crime Investigation Unit Begins Preliminary Investigation
Around 30 current and former senior police officials are under investigation over allegations that they received invitations to last year's friendly match between Spain's FC Barcelona and FC Seoul.
According to police and other sources on November 13, the Serious Crime Investigation Unit of the Korean National Police Agency's National Investigation Headquarters began a preliminary investigation the previous day into allegations that around 30 current and former senior police officials received invitations to the match.
The allegations emerged after the officials' names reportedly appeared on an invitation list compiled by BBQ, a sponsor of the friendly match between Spain's FC Barcelona and FC Seoul, held at Seoul World Cup Stadium in July last year. The Serious Crime Investigation Unit subsequently took charge of the case and began its preliminary investigation.
The unit plans to verify various facts, including whether the officials actually attended the match using the invitations. It will also examine whether receiving the invitations was related to their positions at the time.
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Earlier, the Korean National Police Agency reassigned Son Changhyeon, a superintendent general who had headed the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency's 101st Security Group, to head the Public Safety Division of the Daejeon Metropolitan Police Agency in connection with the allegations. Kim Yongjong, head of the Incheon International Airport Police Corps, was also reassigned to the Korean National Police Agency's Personnel Division the previous day. Kim, then chief of the Seoul Songpa Police Station, is facing the same allegations.
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