"Sister Missing for Three Months... Shocking Twist After Police Said Her 'Safety' Was Confirmed"

This is a post uploaded to a social media platform in the early hours of August 19.

It is a plea for help to find a cousin who went missing in Hallim-eup, Jeju, last May.

The author wrote, "My sister, who went missing one morning last May, left the house with only her mobile phone and has been out of contact ever since," adding, "Immediately after the initial missing person report, the police said they had made contact with my sister and confirmed she was safe."

The author continued, "We were told by the police that the missing person herself did not want her location disclosed," and added, "Naturally, we believed what the police said."

The family trusted the police and simply waited for the missing person to be safe, but as time passed without any news, they ended up filing another missing person report last month. They stated that "in the process of full-scale investigations being conducted, we encountered a shocking truth."

It turned out that the claim made by the police during the initial missing person report last May—that they had contacted the missing person and confirmed her safety—was false. It was revealed that the police officer who received the report had reported that contact was made even though they had actually failed to reach the missing person.

Currently, the missing person's phone is turned off, and no basic signs of daily life, such as the use of bank accounts or credit cards, have been confirmed at all.

The author shared the physical description of the missing person and asked citizens for tips, stating, "Accordingly, the police are conducting a re-investigation and actively investigating to find my sister."

The Jeju Provincial Police Agency announced that it is investigating a police officer in his 30s attached to the Jeju Western Police Station in connection with allegations that he filed a false report regarding the missing person case last May and arbitrarily closed the case.

The police officer in question is also currently under investigation for entering the women's restroom at a police station last month and has been relieved of his duties.

(Reported by Lee Hyeon-yeong | Video by Kim Min-ji | Design by Yang Hye-min | Produced by SBS Digital News | Video Source: Threads @ig_oleo)
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