Exclusive: Cable Ties Found in Jang Yoon-gi's Car; Officer Ordered Deletion of Evidence

[Anchor]

We continue our coverage with new information regarding the allegations against the lead investigator in the Jang Yoon-gi case. After arresting Jang, the police recorded a video inside the vehicle used in the crime. The footage captured cable ties, which are suspected to have been used as restraints. It has been confirmed that Inspector A, who was arrested today (July 6), recently ordered a subordinate to delete this video. Furthermore, the police only handed over the footage to the prosecution this morning, two months after the incident occurred.

This is an exclusive report by reporter Shin Yong-il.

[Reporter]

On the morning of May 5, 11 hours after the murder of a high school girl in Gwangju, the investigation team at Gwangju Gwangsan Police Station conducted an emergency search of the SUV Jang Yoon-gi used to stalk the victim and filmed the interior of the vehicle.

The 10-minute video also captured cable ties, which are presumed to be tools used in Jang's crime.

Although these were key pieces of evidence that could be suspected as tools used to restrain the victim for kidnapping or sexual assault, the police investigation team omitted any mention of the cable ties when they transferred the case to the prosecution on May 14, attaching only a few photos of the vehicle search.

SBS has confirmed that after suspicions of collusion between Jang Yoon-gi's father and the police became a controversy, Inspector A, who was arrested today, even ordered the police officer who filmed the scene to delete the video.

The police finally handed over the relevant records and the video to the prosecution only after arresting Inspector A this morning.

This means that key evidence capable of proving charges of murder for the purpose of kidnapping and sexual assault was only revealed two months after the incident and one month after Jang Yoon-gi was indicted.

Until Inspector A was arrested following the emergence of allegations of collusion between the police investigation team and Jang Yoon-gi's father, who is an active-duty police officer in the Gwangju area, the prosecution was unaware of the existence of this video.

The prosecution has begun reviewing full-scale investigations, including compulsory investigations, into the police team's alleged leaking of investigation information regarding Jang Yoon-gi's father.

(Video reporting: Jung Gyeong-mun | Video editing: So Ji-hye | Design: Lee So-jeong)
※ Please note: This article was translated by AI and may contain errors.