Police Investigate Public Official in Charge of Social Service Worker Linked to Jo Joo-bin's Accomplice

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[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Jung-yoon] Public officials who worked with social service agents that illegally accessed personal information and provided it to Jo Joo-bin (24, in custody), the operator of the Telegram 'Baksa Bang', have been booked by the police.

The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency's Intelligent Crime Investigation Unit announced on the 7th that they have booked and are investigating two public officials: a former employee of Songpa District Office in Seoul and a current employee of Yeongtong District Office in Suwon, on charges of dereliction of duty.

They are suspected of neglecting their duties while managing and supervising Choi (26, in custody), who worked as a social service agent at a resident center in Songpa-gu, and Kang (24, in custody), who worked at Yeongtong District Office in Suwon.

The police plan to summon the public officials to investigate how social service agents without access rights to personal information were able to view such data, and whether they provided their network IDs and passwords.

Meanwhile, Choi, who assisted with civil complaints at the resident center, was arrested on the 3rd on charges of illegally accessing personal information of about 200 people during work and providing information of 17 individuals to Jo.

Kang was arrested on charges of accessing personal information of the victimized women and their families through the district office's network and passing it to Jo to request retaliation.

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