Additional Crimes Uncovered in Probe Into Former Jeju Police Officer Over Faked Missing Person Cases

Additional crimes have been uncovered involving a former police officer who was indicted and detained for falsely closing missing person reports in Jeju.

The Jeju Provincial Police Agency announced on November 3 that an investigation into additional offenses committed by the former officer, A, revealed he falsely closed 10 missing person reports by claiming their whereabouts had been verified without actually checking on the missing individuals.

Furthermore, he was found to have unauthorizedly deleted 15 records listed in the police missing person profiling system management list.

Among the deleted records were individuals subject to management under the Missing Children Act, such as minors, according to reports.

These additional cases are separate from the previously uncovered false closures involving two cases, including that of a woman in her 30s named Chang.

Police also confirmed that all of the missing individuals in these additional cases are alive.

Police have been conducting a full investigation into 298 cases that A independently processed and closed while working on the missing persons team at the Jeju Seobu Police Station from March of last year to July of this year.

Police have additionally forwarded A to the Jeju District Prosecutors Office on charges including the forgery and uttering of official electronic records, and the creation of false official documents.

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