Supreme Prosecutors' Office Selects Gwangju District Prosecutors' Office Team Investigating Jang Yoon-gi Case as Exemplary

The investigation team at the Gwangju District Prosecutors' Office has been selected as an exemplary case by the Supreme Prosecutors' Office for conducting a supplementary investigation into the Jang Yoon-gi case, which was initially referred by the police as a simple murder charge. The team uncovered the motive behind Jang's crime and successfully indicted him on charges including rape-murder under the Act on Special Cases Concerning the Punishment, etc. of Sexual Crimes.

The Supreme Prosecutors' Office announced on July 20 that it has selected Prosecutors Yoon Ji-yoon, Kang Sang-hyuk, and Kim Su-min of the Gwangju District Prosecutors' Office Criminal Division 3 (Chief Prosecutor Kim Jin-hee) as the exemplary investigation team for the month of June.

Jang Yoon-gi is accused of murdering a high school sophomore on a pedestrian path in Wolgye-dong, Gwangsan-gu, Gwangju, at approximately 12:10 a.m. on May 5.

After receiving the case from the police with a simple murder charge, the Gwangju District Prosecutors' Office formed a dedicated investigation team. They conducted seizures of mobile phones and dashcam footage, performed re-forensics on mobile phones, analyzed bank account and call records, and carried out video analysis.

Through these efforts, the team concluded that Jang had approached the victim with the intent to kidnap and sexually assault her from the beginning, and murdered her when she resisted strongly.

In addition, the team maintained consistent communication with the victim's bereaved family, carefully identified necessary support measures, and provided assistance for psychological counseling and funeral expenses.

Prosecutor Kim Gyeong-rok of the Gwangju District Prosecutors' Office Criminal Division 1 (Chief Prosecutor Kim Bong-jin) was also selected as an exemplary case for uncovering a scheme in which a delivery platform consultant illegally accessed and leaked thousands of pieces of customer personal information to a private detective agency, and illegally acquired and stored approximately 17 million pieces of personal data.

Furthermore, Prosecutors Jang Hye-soo and Kim Dong-won of the Seoul Eastern District Prosecutors' Office Criminal Division 2 (Chief Prosecutor Lee Seung-hak) were also recognized for their work in directly arresting and indicting two Chinese illegal private lenders. These individuals had lent money at interest rates exceeding 60% per annum, used threatening methods for debt collection, and filed false reports against debtors for crimes such as theft.
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