Details are continually emerging showing that the Gwangsan Police Station, which handled the initial investigation into the murder of a female high school student in Gwangju, mishandled a report from a Vietnamese woman who claimed she was being stalked by the murderer, Jang Yoon-gi.

It was revealed that police who responded to the stalking scene at the time sent Jang Yoon-gi a single warning text message and failed to even book him for the offense.

Jang Yoon-gi is also accused of breaking into the studio apartment of a Vietnamese woman he met through a part-time job, sexually assaulting her, and stalking her just two days before murdering the high school student.

While this case serves as crucial evidence supporting Jang's charge of rape and murder, the Gwangsan Police Station did not merge it with the murder investigation, instead assigning it to the Women and Youth Division for a separate probe.

According to data submitted by the Gwangju Metropolitan Police Agency to the office of People Power Party lawmaker Seo Bum-su, the Cheomdan District Unit of the Gwangsan Police Station was dispatched to the scene around 8:00 PM on May 3 after the Vietnamese woman, identified as A, reported stalking via 112.

Police officers from the Women and Youth Division of the Gwangsan Police Station also accompanied them.

However, it was found that the police at the time merely sent a single warning text message to Jang Yoon-gi.

This differs from Jang's indictment, which states that "Jang received warning text messages to stop stalking multiple times from a police officer belonging to the Cheomdan District Unit."

The police stance is that "indictments are written by the prosecution, not the police."

It appeared that the police judged at the time that Jang was not visible at the scene and that a criminal investigation was unnecessary.

A police official explained, "We suggested filing a formal report after seeing the bruise on Vietnamese woman A's neck, but A said she did not want to because she was planning to move to Chilgok, North Gyeongsang Province," adding, "She requested personal protection only while she was moving her luggage."

The prosecution stated, "Indictments are written based on police investigation records," adding, "The number of warning messages sent is something that needs to be newly verified."

After receiving the stalking warning text message, Jang Yoon-gi removed his mobile phone's USIM chip and threw it into the Yeongsan River.

He committed the murder two days later.

(Reported by Kim Minjeong | Video by Na Hong-hee | Graphics by Yang Hye-min | Produced by SBS Digital News)