Sewol Ferry Special Prosecutor's Office Conducts Search and Seizure at Korea Coast Guard... Initiates Ten-Day Data Collection

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[Asia Economy Reporters Hyesook Park and Seongpil Jo] The special investigation team led by Lee Hyun-joo, investigating allegations of evidence tampering in the Sewol ferry disaster, is conducting a search and seizure at the Korea Coast Guard headquarters on the 9th.

The Sewol special investigation team announced that from the morning of the day, they are conducting search and seizure operations at the Korea Coast Guard's Rescue and Safety Bureau's Search and Rescue Division, as well as the Investigation Bureau and the Security Bureau. The search and seizure are reportedly aimed at obtaining materials created during the Sewol incident. The special investigation team plans to remain stationed at the Korea Coast Guard for the next ten days to secure additional materials.

Launched last month, the Sewol special investigation team is investigating suspicions of manipulation of restored Sewol CCTV data, the process of collecting the DVR main unit, which is considered the black box of the Sewol, and the appropriateness of the government response at the time, including the Blue House. The team has recently been investigating officials from the Social Disaster Special Investigation Committee (Sacheomwi) and has also requested the National Forensic Service to examine the original DVR disk. On the 7th, the team conducted search and seizure operations at the West Sea Police Agency and Mokpoh Coast Guard, reportedly securing videos showing the Coast Guard collecting the Sewol DVR (CCTV storage device) and related materials such as logs from the time of the Sewol incident.

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