Prosecutors Conduct Search and Seizure at Seoul Metro Corporation in 'Sindang Station Murder Case' (Comprehensive)

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[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Hyung-min] The prosecution, conducting supplementary investigations into Jeon Ju-hwan (31, in custody), who stalked and murdered a female station attendant working at Sindang Station in Seoul, is conducting a search and seizure of Seoul Metro on the 23rd.

The Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office dedicated investigation team (Team Leader Kim Soo-min, Head of Criminal Division 3) sent investigators to the Information Operations Center within Seoul Metro in Seongdong-gu, Seoul, this morning to secure internal computer records. This search and seizure is reportedly to verify how Jeon, a former Seoul Metro station attendant who was suspended from duty, accessed the company's internal network without authorization and to check the company's personal information management status.

The prosecution formed a dedicated investigation team of four prosecutors and is conducting supplementary investigations after receiving the case from the police on the 21st.

Jeon was accused by the victim last October of threatening to distribute illegal recordings and forcing meetings, and was suspended from duty when Seoul Metro was notified of the investigation. However, Jeon still retained access rights to the company’s internal network, Metronet, and police investigations revealed that he obtained information about the victim’s former residence, workplace, and work schedule before the crime. Access rights to the company’s internal network are only revoked after all criminal trials are concluded and disciplinary procedures begin accordingly.

In this regard, the Personal Information Protection Commission has also started an investigation, considering that Jeon’s unauthorized access to the personal information processing system (company internal network) may have legal violations.

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