False 'Traffic Accident Death' Entry in 2.5 Hours... Inspection Initiated on Command Line

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It has been revealed that the police officer who falsely closed the case of Jang Mi-ran lied to the informant that he had made contact, only to write in the internal system that she had "died in a traffic accident." Due to this "false entry," Jang's case was closed and the search was called off. The police have placed all four members of the command line, including the chief of the Jeju Western Police Station in charge of the case, on standby and launched an inspection.

For our first story, here is a report by reporter Yoo Soo-Hwan.

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The missing person report for Jang Mi-ran was received by the police at 6:43 PM on May 15.

Police Officer Boo, belonging to the Jeju Western Police Station who was in charge of Jang's disappearance case, closed the case just 2 hours and 33 minutes later at 9:16 PM.

As a result, the police search was terminated after only two and a half hours.

[Jang Mi-ran's Family (on the 19th): After tracking her location, the police told us that "the missing person does not want to make a call" and "she asked not to be looked for"...]

It was revealed that after giving a false explanation to the informant—who was Jang's romantic partner—Officer Boo noted in the internal police system that Jang had "died in a traffic accident."

Under the police's "Missing Person Profiling System," the reasons for closing a case are largely divided into three categories: death, location found, and voluntary return. Officer Boo classified it under "death," specifically as a "traffic accident death."

When the responsible police officer enters that a missing person has "died" into the system, the case is closed and subsequently excluded from management targets.

The police believe that Officer Boo exploited the fact that entering "death" closes the case in the system, and thus fabricated the reason of "traffic accident death."

Officer Boo also falsely recorded that he "found the whereabouts of a man" in his 60s in a missing person case received last month, similarly closing that case as well.

The Korean National Police Agency has placed all four members of the command line related to Officer Boo's false closure of missing person cases—including the current and former chiefs of the Jeju Western Police Station, the head of the detective division, and the head of the missing persons team—on standby. The agency plans to uncover the full picture of how this case was handled through a large-scale inspection of these officials.

(Video by Kang Myung-chul / JIBS, Video Editing by Park Ji-in)
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