Police Association Demands Resignation of Acting Commissioner Over 'Jang Yoon-gi Case'

The National Police Workplace Council has called for the resignation of Yoo Jae-sung, the acting commissioner of the National Police Agency, in connection with the 'Jang Yoon-gi case.'

The council held an extraordinary delegates' meeting today (July 17) at the AET Conference Hall in Dong-gu, Daejeon, and stated, "The incompetent leadership that has ruined the organization and abandoned the front lines must resign immediately."

The council first expressed its position, saying, "The complacent work practices and inadequate responses by some frontline police officers during the handling of the Jang Yoon-gi case cannot be justified for any reason, and we deeply reflect on this."

They continued, "This situation is the responsibility of the leadership that has caused the police organization to lose its self-purification ability," and argued that Acting Commissioner Yoo and Gwangju Metropolitan Police Agency Commissioner Kim Young-geun should step down.

The council criticized the leadership, stating, "Instead of protecting the organization, they have been busy avoiding responsibility and are attempting to 'cut off the tail' by shifting the blame onto frontline officers."

This reflects their dissatisfaction with measures such as the rotational personnel system, which was announced for full implementation under the pretext of strengthening the fairness and democratic control of police investigations.

They drew a line regarding the public opinion calling for the "retention of supplementary investigation rights," which was sparked as allegations of poor investigation and collusion surrounding the 'Jang Yoon-gi case' were revealed through the prosecution's supplementary investigation.

The National Police Workplace Council stated, "We express deep concern over the prosecution's behavior of taking advantage of the police organization's painful mistakes and crisis to use them as logic for expanding their investigative powers and maintaining supplementary investigation rights, while generalizing some cases as problems for the entire police organization."

(Photo: Provided by the National Police Workplace Council, Yonhap News)
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