Suspected Leak of Itaewon Victims List... Police Investigation Unified
Prosecutors Transfer 'Official Secrets Leakage' Accusation to Seoul Police Agency
On the 18th, regarding the disclosure of the list of victims without the consent of the Itaewon disaster bereaved families, the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency will take charge of the investigation. Photo by Citizen Media Mindeulle Homepage Screenshot
View original image[Asia Economy Reporter Oh Gyumin] The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency will take charge of the investigation regarding the disclosure of the victim list of the Itaewon tragedy without the consent of the bereaved families.
On the 21st, the Seoul Western District Prosecutors' Office announced that it had transferred the case, in which the Judicial Examination Preparation Group (Sajunmo) accused an unidentified public official of unlawfully leaking the victim list of the Itaewon tragedy and filed charges for breach of official secrets, to the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency on the 18th. A prosecution official stated, "This was done considering the ongoing investigation by the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency."
On the 14th, the citizen media outlets Mindeulle and The Tamza disclosed the real names of 155 victims of the Itaewon tragedy without the consent of the bereaved families. Subsequently, the civic group Judicial Examination Preparation Group (Sajunmo) claimed, "The list disclosed by the citizen media outlets should be regarded as leaked by a public official," and argued, "The act of providing personal information of the tragedy victims, which has not yet been made public, to citizen media outlets constitutes a breach of official secrets." They filed a complaint against the public official with the Supreme Prosecutors' Office.
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Meanwhile, the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency has launched an investigation into the case where Lee Jongbae, a member of the Seoul Metropolitan Council from the People Power Party, filed charges against Mindeulle and others for violating the Personal Information Protection Act. The Seoul Police stated at a chief's briefing, "As of the 15th, we have received a total of three complaints, assigned them to the Anti-Corruption and Public Crime Investigation Unit, and completed the investigation of the three complainants."
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