"During a Special Alert Period?"... Police Officers Engage in Group Drinking and Even Forcible Indecency

While the police have issued a special alert for official discipline, an active-duty police officer has been apprehended by police on charges of sexually harassing a woman at a restaurant.

The Seoul Dongjak Police Station is investigating Mr. A, a police inspector in his 50s assigned to a district unit under the jurisdiction of the Yongsan Police Station, on charges of forcible indecency.

Inspector A was arrested by police on charges of making unwanted physical contact with a woman at a restaurant in Dongjak-gu, Seoul, in the early hours of yesterday.

Police investigation revealed that Inspector A was under the influence of alcohol at the time.

An official from his district unit explained, "It was not a team dinner, but an incident that occurred during a private gathering while he was on annual leave."

Recently, the police issued a special alert for official discipline following a series of duty-related misconducts, such as the false conclusion of a missing person case in Jeju.

During the special alert period, which runs from August 28 to September 6, drinking has been refrained and all team dinners have been banned, but these rules are not being properly observed.

Previously, it was revealed that police officers gathered and drank alcohol while receiving group training during the same period.

Six police officers gathered and drank alcohol during a suicide prevention training session held by the Korean National Police Agency in Cheonan, South Chungcheong Province, for three days starting from August 31.

They were police officers who gathered from all parts of the country, and are known to be mostly in the ranks of senior police officers to police inspectors.

However, the Korean National Police Agency explained, "They did not drink at an official team dinner."

Reported by Jung Da-eun | Video by Jang Yu-jin | Graphics by Lee Su-min | Produced by SBS Digital News

※ Please note: This article was translated by AI and may contain errors.