Investigator Ignoring 'Yonggu Lee Assault' Black Box Video Booked on Special Duty Neglect Charges
[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Gwan-joo] The police, investigating allegations of a botched investigation related to Vice Minister of Justice Lee Yong-gu's assault on a taxi driver, recently booked the investigator in charge of the case as a suspect.
The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency's Joint Fact-Finding Investigation Team for Audits and Investigations announced on the 16th that Sergeant A, who was in charge of Vice Minister Lee's assault case on the taxi driver, has been booked on charges of special dereliction of duty under the Act on the Aggravated Punishment of Specific Crimes and is currently under investigation.
Under the current Act on the Aggravated Punishment of Specific Crimes, if a public official engaged in criminal investigation duties recognizes a person who has committed a crime stipulated in the Act but neglects their duties, they can be charged with special dereliction of duty and sentenced to imprisonment for more than one year. This penalty is heavier than dereliction of duty under the Criminal Act, which carries a sentence of up to one year in prison.
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The police explained that Sergeant A's booking is a measure taken according to the newly revised procedures following the adjustment of investigative authority between prosecutors and police, which came into effect this year. The 'Regulations on Mutual Cooperation between Prosecutors and Judicial Police Officers and General Investigation Rules' (Presidential Decree No. 31089), implemented this year, stipulate that suspects must be booked when summoned for investigation by investigative agencies. Sergeant A is known to have previously undergone investigation by the police fact-finding team.
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