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The prosecution and police are conducting competing investigations into the case of Jang Yoon-gi, the perpetrator who murdered a high school girl in Gwangju. The police special investigation team has summoned an investigator from the Gwangju Gwangsan Police Station who is suspected of leaking investigation details to Jang's father. Along with the arrested investigation team leader, this investigator is considered a key figure in various allegations, and police began questioning him today, following the prosecution's interrogation yesterday, July 9. The acting head of the National Police Agency issued a public apology nine days after the allegations were first raised by an SBS report.
Our first story today is an exclusive report by An Huijae.
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The police special investigation team summoned Police Sergeant A, a member of the investigation team at the Gwangju Gwangsan Police Station that handled the Jang Yoon-gi case, for the first time today.
Sergeant A has been identified as the investigator who allegedly passed investigation information to Jang's father, Police Inspector Jang.
It was found that Sergeant A, who had worked with Inspector Jang at the same patrol division in the past, respectfully addressed him as "Senior" and had multiple phone conversations with him.
The prosecution summoned Sergeant A as a suspect yesterday and reportedly focused their questioning on evidence including a recording and phone logs in which Sergeant A allegedly told Inspector Jang to "keep quiet about the fact that Jang Yoon-gi is from a police family."
SBS confirmed that Inspector Jang, the father of the perpetrator, voluntarily appeared before the police special investigation team today for his second round of questioning, stating that he "has things he wants to say."
The police are currently analyzing records and audio recordings of meetings between Jang Yoon-gi and his parents that took place at the Gwangju Seobu Police Station detention center, where Jang was held from his emergency arrest after murdering Lee Chae-won until his transfer to the prosecution.
Investigators are looking into whether there were discussions about destroying key evidence during the three meetings, which lasted for a total of about one hour, and whether the investigation team to which Sergeant A belongs informed Inspector Jang of the available visitation times.
Yoo Jae-sung, the acting head of the National Police Agency, who returned from a business trip to the U.S. one day early, issued his first official apology to the bereaved family and the public.
[Yoo Jae-sung/Acting Head of the National Police Agency: I deeply apologize for causing further unbearable pain to the bereaved family.]
He added, "We will ensure that those responsible are strictly punished to the fullest extent permitted by law and regulations."
(Video Editing: Choi Hye-ran, Design: Kim Min-young)
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