Evidence of Organized Cover-up Involving 'Cable Ties' Leads to Prosecution Raid

The prosecution, currently investigating allegations of evidence tampering by police in the 'Jang Yoon-gi case,' was able to launch a large-scale compulsory investigation after discovering video footage containing evidence of organized destruction of key proof.

According to media reports gathered on July 7, the prosecution received the investigation report, including footage recorded by the Gwangju Gwangsan Police Station investigation team while searching Jang Yoon-gi's SUV on the day of the incident, May 5, only after a delay on July 6.

The approximately 10-minute video records a situation where several members of the investigation team at the scene discovered a bundle of cable ties in the SUV's passenger seat storage compartment but left them behind without securing the physical evidence.

Jang Yoon-gi has been indicted on charges of kidnapping the victim in his SUV, attempting to rape her, and subsequently murdering her when the attempt failed. The cable ties, which may have been prepared as a binding tool, are considered critical evidence.

After completing only an initial forensic examination, the investigation team handed over the SUV to Jang Yoon-gi's father the following day, and the whereabouts of the cable ties remain unknown to this day.

After analyzing the footage, the prosecution focused on the possibility that the police had systematically engaged in evidence tampering, leading to raids on the Gwangsan Police Station and the residences of several involved police officers on this day.

The prosecution also secured evidence suggesting that the police attempted to conceal the fact that Jang Yoon-gi's father is an active-duty police officer.

During the supplementary investigation, the prosecution seized the father's mobile phone and confirmed through a recorded phone call with a member of the investigation team that there was an instruction from superiors to "keep it hidden that he is a police officer."

Given that Jang Yoon-gi's studio apartment was handed over to his father three days after the incident, leading to the destruction of evidence such as the disposal of a 'real doll,' the prosecution decided to directly investigate the overall handling of the case by the police based on the phone call and other evidence.

On the day the prosecution's raids took place, the National Police Agency immediately placed six officials from the Gwangsan Police Station, including the station chief, the head of the detective division at the time, the lead investigator, and team members, on standby.

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