Moon Dong-min, Hong Gi-cheol, and Kim Seok-hwan Awarded 'Proud Jeju Police' Honors

From the left in the photo: Police Sergeant Moon Dong-min, Police Corporal Hong Ki-chul, Police Corporal Kim Seok-hwan Photo by Jeju Police Agency

[Jeju=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Hwang Jeongpil] Jeju Special Self-Governing Province Police Agency announced on the 15th that it held the 15th ‘Proud Jeju Police’ awards ceremony.

‘Proud Jeju Police’ is an event held quarterly to select three individuals who have made significant arrests, inspiring public safety cases, or have been unsung heroes within the police, in order to promote social trust and a culture of respect for the police.

At the event, Sergeant Moon Dong-min of the Jeju Police Agency Anti-Corruption Economic Crime Investigation Unit, Corporal Hong Gi-cheol of the Yeondong Precinct, Western Police Station, and Corporal Kim Seok-hwan of the Criminal Investigation Team 1, Seogwipo Police Station, were honored as Proud Jeju Police.

Sergeant Moon Dong-min, an investigator responsible for seizure duties in the newly established Crime Proceeds Tracing Investigation Team since February, has led restorative police activities by identifying a total of approximately 3.3 billion KRW in criminal proceeds from April to this month and securing seizure or confiscation orders from the court.

A major case involved identifying and securing seizure orders for approximately 1.7 billion KRW worth of real estate, cash, cryptocurrency, and vehicles belonging to members of a criminal organization that operated an illegal sports gambling site from their office in Myanmar from February 2018 to April this year, earning illicit profits of about 170 billion KRW and living a luxurious lifestyle locally.

From February last year to April this year, the suspect who illegally obtained about 19,000 pieces of personal information under the pretext of free trips to Jeju sold them to insurance company agencies, earning about 300 million KRW in illicit profits, and had approximately 150 million KRW in deposits confiscated.

Corporal Hong Gi-cheol of the Yeondong Precinct, Western Police Station, contributed to establishing quarantine order and protecting socially vulnerable groups by cracking down on 59 people at two entertainment bars violating the gathering ban order and providing emergency relief to a severely disabled person who was neglected without caregiver support.

A key achievement was the detection of 54 people (the largest number nationwide), including business operators and customers who secretly operated entertainment bars with doormen despite the COVID-19 gathering ban order, through cooperation with fire services and other team members.

When the gathering ban order prohibited business operations, five people, including business operators and customers who rented officetels and ran unauthorized entertainment bars, were caught.

Corporal Kim Seok-hwan of the Criminal Investigation Team 1, Seogwipo Police Station, contributed to cracking down on crimes infringing on public livelihood by swiftly and thoroughly investigating and early arresting a robbery-murder suspect and arresting 51 thieves in the second quarter of this year, ranking first in the province.

A major achievement was arresting a suspect who stole an excavator to repay gambling debts, damaged an ATM, and attempted to steal money from inside the ATM but failed.

He also arrested a robbery-murder suspect who assaulted and killed a victim he met by chance with a soju bottle and a fruit knife and abandoned the body, and ranked first in the province for arresting 51 thieves in the second quarter.

Jeju=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Hwang Jeongpil panax33@asiae.co.kr

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