Police Raid Command Over 'Jang Yoon-gi Investigation' to Determine Higher-Level Involvement

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A special police investigation team looking into allegations of misconduct in the Jang Yoon-gi case has launched raids on the initial investigation command, including the office of the Gwangju Metropolitan Police Agency Commissioner. The investigation appears to be expanding to determine whether there was any interference from higher-ups.

Reporter An Huijae has the story.

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The special investigation team began a raid on the office of Gwangju Metropolitan Police Agency Commissioner Kim Young-geun at 6:00 a.m. today (July 11).

A total of seven locations were subject to the search and seizure, including the office of the Gwangju Gwangsan Police Station Chief and the station's criminal investigation division office.

Before Jang Yoon-gi was referred to the prosecution under arrest for murder, the special investigation team discovered that members of the Gwangsan Police Station investigation team had suggested applying charges of rape and murder. However, the team leader, identified as Inspector A, reportedly rejected the suggestion, questioning whether it could be proven with circumstantial evidence alone.

The special investigation team suspects that Inspector A, who claimed to have no personal acquaintance with Jang Yoon-gi's father, lacked sufficient motive to dismiss the team's internal opinion, leading them to suspect interference from higher-ups.

After conducting the first interrogation yesterday of Inspector A, who was arrested on July 8 on charges of destruction of evidence, the special investigation team launched a large-scale effort to secure data targeting the investigation command just one day later.

A police official told SBS, "This raid is related to the charges against Team Leader A, and there are no additional individuals booked at this time."

The police plan to verify whether there were any signs of higher-level interference based on meeting materials and report records from the initial investigation secured through the raids.

(Video Editing: So Ji-hye)
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