Amidst the watchful gazes of several citizens, a woman looks through a CCTV camera.
The phrase "The public is watching" is also written on it.
This is an advertisement shaped like a CCTV camera designed to monitor the police, which appeared following controversies over police mishandling, such as the "false closure of the Jeju missing person case."
The Jeeseok Advertising Agency held a guerrilla-style event using CCTV cameras in the areas of Hallim-eup, Jeju City, and around the Jeju Seobu Police Station on the 30th.
In particular, a CCTV model without actual recording functions was installed in front of the Jeju Seobu Police Station.
Jei Lee (CEO of the agency) turned the direction of the CCTV, which is typically installed to monitor citizens and prevent crime, toward the police to convey the message that public power should also be subject to public monitoring and checks.
The advertisement also used the phrase, "Greater power requires greater checks. The public is watching."
This event was arranged amid ongoing controversies surrounding the police's initial response, after it was revealed that a police officer in charge of the case of a missing person surnamed Jang, who was reported missing last May, falsely closed the case and deleted the missing person's information from the police system.
In particular, it was found that while the police's search for the missing person was not properly conducted, a significant amount of CCTV footage around the area that could have confirmed Jang's last whereabouts was deleted after the retention period expired.
The Jeeseok Advertising Agency explained, "Rather than attacking a specific individual, we focused on satirizing the loopholes in the system and the issue of responsibility."
The CCTV used in the campaign was a model with no actual filming, recording, or personal information collection functions, and the installation was voluntarily removed on the same day.
(Reported by Jung Da-eun, Video by Lee Yu-jin, Graphics by Yang Hye-min, Produced by SBS Digital News)
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