Gwangju Youth Traffic Accident Driver's Truth Revealed... Using 'Hypnosis Interrogation' Included

Seobu Police to Request Lie Detector Test Investigation as Well

The scene of a vehicle involved in a traffic accident caused by teenage drivers on June 20. Photo by a reader.

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] The police are employing 'hypnosis interrogation' regarding a case in Gwangju where the parents of a teenager, who has been in a coma for over 100 days after a traffic accident caused by teenage drivers, have requested a reinvestigation (reported on September 24).

According to the Gwangju Metropolitan Police Agency and the Western Police Station on the 12th, a hypnosis interrogation will be conducted that afternoon on passenger A, who was in the accident vehicle, to identify the driver involved in the traffic accident that occurred around 4:20 a.m. on June 20 on a road in Pungam-dong, Seo-gu, Gwangju.

At the time of the accident, five teenage youths were in the vehicle, and all four passengers currently unconscious have identified B as the driver.

With no other special evidence emerging, the police considered B as the likely driver based on the passengers' statements.

However, B's parents have filed an objection with the Gwangju Metropolitan Police Agency and requested a reinvestigation, stating they cannot accept the police investigation results that their son was driving, based on photos of the vehicle at the time of the accident and the accident circumstances. In response, the Western Police Station has replaced the investigation team in charge and is continuing the investigation.

The police have decided to conduct polygraph tests on the four passengers, and among them, one will undergo hypnosis interrogation due to poor memory recall.

Additionally, among the three scheduled for polygraph tests, one consented to the test the day before, and the Western Police Station plans to request the Gwangju Metropolitan Police Agency to conduct the polygraph test.

Meanwhile, hypnosis interrogation played a decisive role in solving the disappearance case of Go Junhee (5) in December 2017, which shook the nation.

At that time, after Go Junhee's stepmother reported her missing and the investigation stalled, a breakthrough was made through the hypnosis interrogation of a neighbor, and an important clue that brought the case closer to resolution came from the hypnosis interrogation of the owner of a pension where Go Junhee's family had traveled.

Hypnosis interrogation is conducted to enhance the credibility of statements and secure clues, carried out voluntarily with the consent or approval of the subject without coercion.

It is an investigative method that uses hypnosis to extract memories from victims or witnesses of violent crimes to obtain statements and collect evidence, conducted by professional investigators while maintaining a relatively relaxed state.

However, the evidentiary value of the interrogation content is not recognized and is used only as a lead in investigations.

The hypnosis interrogation conducted by the Gwangju Metropolitan Police Agency is the first in 186 days since April 9.

A Western Police Station official said, “We will do our best to clearly identify the driver of the accident vehicle at that time by mobilizing all investigative methods so that not a single suspicion arises.”

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