Exclusive: Police Delayed Reporting 'Cable Ties' Found in Jang Yoon-gi's Vehicle to Prosecutors for Two Months

As circumstances emerge suggesting that the police investigation team leader in charge of the Gwangju high school student murder case attempted to conceal a key piece of evidence—cable ties found in Jang Yoon-gi's vehicle—SBS has confirmed that the police did not inform the prosecution of the existence of this evidence until two months after the crime occurred.

During the initial investigation into the Jang Yoon-gi case, the Gwangju Gwangsan Police Station recorded a 10-minute video of an on-site inspection while searching the vehicle Jang was driving at the time of the crime.

It is reported that this video captured the cable ties, which are considered key evidence that could suggest Jang's intent to commit kidnapping.

However, it has been determined that when the Gwangsan Police Station referred the case to the prosecution, they only included a few photos of the vehicle search in the investigation records and did not mention the existence of the on-site inspection video.

The police referral records at the time also omitted any mention of the cable ties.

On the morning of July 6, the police emergency-arrested an incumbent police inspector, identified as A, who was the investigation team leader for the Jang Yoon-gi case, on charges including the concealment of the cable tie evidence and ordering the deletion of the on-site inspection video.

Following an exclusive report by SBS on July 1, as related suspicions grew, it was learned that the police captured evidence suggesting that A had ordered B, an official involved in the investigation team at the time, to delete the video of the search of Jang's vehicle.

It has been determined that the police notified the prosecution of the emergency arrest of A on the morning of July 6 and also sent the investigation records related to the cable ties.

The cable ties captured in the vehicle search video could serve as key evidence to prove the charge of murder with the intent of sexual assault. The prosecution only became aware of the omission of the cable tie evidence one month after the case was indicted for trial.

However, it is reported that the police have not yet been able to locate the actual cable ties.
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