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Let's talk more with reporter Dong Eunyeong from the Social Affairs Department who covered this issue.
Q. Not booked because he was an informant?
[Reporter Dong Eunyeong : Drug crimes are fundamentally dark figures of crime, meaning most of them take place covertly in the shadows. The reality is that investigative agencies have no choice but to rely on tips from informants, commonly referred to as "Yadang." However, drug crime experts emphasize that even if someone is an informant, there is no case where illegal acts are caught before an undercover investigation and the suspects are not even booked. In drug transactions that are not police undercover operations, even if they end in an attempt, it constitutes an illegal act, and all related parties must be booked immediately upon the authorities becoming aware of the case. Informant Mr. Lee should naturally have been treated this way, but the police failing to even book Mr. Lee simply because he served as an informant in two subsequent undercover operations is bound to become controversial.]
Q. Reporting on the prison cell incident... How did it come about?
[Reporter Dong Eunyeong : An acquaintance of Mr. Noh, who is currently serving time, received a letter from Mr. Noh and tipped off our reporting team. Mr. Noh is known to have helped arrest serial killer Yoo Young-chul in the early 2000s, serving as the model for the protagonist Eom Jung-ho in the movie "The Chaser." Through his close associate, Mr. Noh protested that while he would willingly accept the punishment for his own crimes, it was wrong for the police to take one side and leave the other unpunished.]
(Video Editing: Lee Sang-min)
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