Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency Conducts Search and Seizure at Gangnam Police Station over 'Investigation Information Leak'

The Officer Has Been Placed on Standby... Investigation Initiated

[Asia Economy Reporter Jang Sehee] The police conducted a search and seizure at the police station in connection with allegations that a police officer leaked investigation information.

The Anti-Corruption and Public Crime Investigation Unit of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency carried out a search and seizure at the Investigation Review Officer's Office of the Gangnam Police Station in Seoul from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. today.

Sergeant A, who was the Investigation Review Officer at the Gangnam Police Station, is suspected of leaking investigation information while advising a complainant who filed a case at the Gangnam Police Station in June of last year.

Sergeant A was placed on standby leave in January after these allegations surfaced, and the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency has currently begun an internal investigation into Sergeant A.

The Investigation Review Officer's Office, where Sergeant A was assigned, is a newly established department created to review the procedural legitimacy of police investigations, as the police were granted the authority to conclude investigations following the adjustment of investigative authority between the prosecution and the police.

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