Unidentified Fingerprints Found on Ceiling of Restroom Entered by Police Officer Suspected in Cover-up

While Police Officer A, who was arrested on charges of falsely closing a missing person case, has also been booked for a sex crime, police are investigating after unidentified fingerprints were found on the ceiling of the women's restroom at a police station that A entered.

The Jeju Provincial Police Agency announced today (the 26th) that multiple traces, including unidentified fingerprints and palm prints, were found on the ceiling and the upper part of the toilet stalls in the women's restroom at the Jeju Seobu Police Station, which Police Officer A entered on the 22nd of last month.

The fingerprints were discovered in spots that users' hands rarely touch, unlike toilet paper dispensers and other areas frequently handled by the general public.

It is reported that the shapes of the fingerprints are not intact due to dust, as it is difficult for fingerprints to be left there without intentional movement.

On July 22, Police Officer A entered the women's restroom at the Jeju Seobu Police Station, was caught by a female police officer from the same station, and was booked for violating the Act on Special Cases Concerning the Punishment, etc. of Sexual Crimes.

Police Officer A denied the charges, explaining, "I went in because I urgently needed the restroom" and "There was no toilet paper in the men's restroom."

Police Officer A was suspended from duty over the sex crime allegations and was subsequently arrested for falsely closing the missing person case involving Jang Mi-ran (37), who was later found dead, and a man in his 60s.

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