Mock CCTV Installed in Front of Police Station: Public Ad Campaign Urges Oversight in Jeju

A public service advertisement featuring a closed-circuit television (CCTV) mockup to monitor police has appeared in Jeju, where controversies have arisen over police mishandling, including the false closure of a case involving a woman in her 30s who went missing for a long period.

The Jeski Social Agency, run by public service advertisement expert Je-seok Lee, announced today (the 31st) that it carried out a guerrilla public interest campaign using CCTVs around Hallim-eup and the Jeju Seobu Police Station in Jeju on the 30th.

The advertisement depicts a woman looking beyond a CCTV lens while multiple citizens watch, accompanied by the message, "The public is watching."

Notably, a CCTV mockup without actual recording capabilities was installed directly in front of the Jeju Seobu Police Station.

Lee aimed to convey that public authority should also be subject to public surveillance and checks by turning the direction of CCTV—typically installed to monitor citizens and prevent crimes—toward the police.

The advertisement also featured the phrase, "With greater power comes greater checks. The public is watching."

This campaign was organized amid ongoing controversies surrounding the police response, after it was revealed that an officer in charge of the case of Ms. Chang, a woman reported missing last May, falsely closed the case and deleted her missing person information from the police system.

In particular, while the police failed to properly conduct the missing person investigation, it was found that significant amounts of nearby CCTV footage—which could have confirmed Chang's last movements—disappeared after their retention periods expired.

Chang's body was found in Hallim-eup, Jeju, on the 24th, 104 days after she went missing.

The Jeski Social Agency explained, "Rather than attacking a specific individual, we focused on satirizing loopholes in the system and issues of accountability."

The CCTVs used in the campaign were mockups with no actual filming, recording, or personal information collection functions, and the installations were voluntarily removed on the same day.

The ad agency also released a video on YouTube capturing the entire production process of the campaign, from conceptualizing and creating the artwork to installing it on site.

(Photo: Captured from YouTube channel, Yonhap News)
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