[Anchor]

We continue with new findings regarding the allegations surrounding the lead investigator of the Jang Yoon-gi case. After arresting Jang Yoon-gi, the police filmed the interior of the vehicle used in the crime. The video captured cable ties, which are suspected to have been used for restraint. It has been confirmed that Police Inspector A, who was arrested today, July 6, recently ordered a subordinate to delete this footage, and the police only handed the video over to the prosecution this morning, two months after the incident occurred.

This is an exclusive report by reporter Shin Yong-il.

[Reporter]

On the morning of May 5, 11 hours after Jang Yoon-gi, the perpetrator of the Gwangju high school girl murder case, committed the crime, the Gwangju Gwangsan Police Station investigation team conducted an emergency search of the SUV Jang used to stalk the victim and filmed the interior of the vehicle.

The 10-minute video also contains footage of cable ties, which are presumed to be the tools used in Jang's crime.

These are key pieces of evidence that could be suspected as tools used to restrain the victim for kidnapping or sexual assault. However, it has been determined that when the police investigation team transferred the case to the prosecution on May 14, they omitted any mention of the cable ties and only attached a few photos of the vehicle search.

SBS's investigation revealed that as suspicions of collusion between Jang Yoon-gi's father and the police recently became a controversy, Police Inspector A, who was arrested today, even ordered the officer who filmed the footage to delete it.

The police finally handed over the relevant records and the video to the prosecution only after arresting Inspector A this morning.

This means that key evidence capable of proving charges of murder for the purpose of kidnapping and sexual assault only surfaced two months after the incident occurred and one month after Jang Yoon-gi was indicted.

Until Inspector A was arrested following the emergence of allegations of collusion between Jang Yoon-gi's father, who is an active-duty police officer in the Gwangju area, and the police investigation team, the prosecution was unaware of the existence of this video.

The prosecution has begun reviewing full-scale investigations, including compulsory investigations, into the police investigation team's leaking of investigative information regarding Jang Yoon-gi's father.

(Video reporting: Jung Gyeong-mun | Video editing: So Ji-hye | Design: Lee So-jeong)