Woo Sang-ho "Discussion on Police Neutrality Met with Jeon Du-hwan Regime-Style Response... Extremely Angry"

"Police Chief Who Showed Courage for Police Neutrality Will Not Stand By If Sanctioned"
Possibility of Summit Meeting "Will Not Refuse If Proposal Comes... No Proposal Yet"

[Asia Economy Reporter Oh Ju-yeon] Woo Sang-ho, Emergency Response Committee Chairman of the Democratic Party of Korea, said on the 24th, "I am extremely angry that the response to the movement to create a Police Chiefs' Council and discuss police neutrality was met with warnings and dismissals reminiscent of the Jeon Du-hwan regime."

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On this day, Chairman Woo made these remarks regarding the suspension of Ryu Sam-young, Chief Superintendent of Ulsan Jungbu Police Station, who led the nationwide police chiefs' meeting opposing the establishment of the Ministry of the Interior and Safety's Police Bureau, during a regular press briefing held at the National Assembly in the morning.

Chairman Woo questioned, "To those who ask why there is a Prosecutor's Bureau in the Ministry of Justice but not a Police Bureau, I ask: then why is a meeting of prosecutors allowed but a meeting of police chiefs is not?" He pointed out, "Is this a disciplinary matter? Will silencing the mouths of chiefs at the superintendent level solve this problem?"

He warned, "I will strictly scrutinize this issue at the confirmation hearing of Yoon Hee-geun, the nominee for Commissioner General of the National Police Agency, and continue to raise this issue in the standing committee. If sanctions are imposed on police chiefs who have shown courage for police neutrality, I will not stand by."

Regarding the possibility of a summit meeting with President Yoon Seok-yeol, he said, "If an offer comes, I will not refuse. However, no offer has been made yet."

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