Prosecution Indicts Former Intelligence Chief Park Seong-min and Two Others on Charges of Evidence Tampering Instruction
On the 5th, Park Seong-min, former Chief of the Public Safety Information and Foreign Affairs Division of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency (Senior Superintendent), entered the Seoul Western District Court for the pre-trial detention hearing of four police executives who were indicted on warrants over allegations of inadequate response to the Itaewon disaster and deletion of information reports. Photo by Kim Hyun-min kimhyun81@
View original image[Asia Economy Reporter Gong Byung-sun] The prosecution has indicted suspects accused of ordering and carrying out the deletion of an intelligence report that anticipated crowds gathering in Itaewon during Halloween Day.
On the 30th, the Seoul Western District Prosecutors' Office announced that it had arrested and indicted Park Seong-min (55), former head of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency's Intelligence Division, and Kim Jin-ho (52), former head of the Intelligence Division at Yongsan Police Station, on charges including obstruction of evidence and destruction of public electronic records. Additionally, Mr. A (40) from Yongsan Police Station was indicted without detention on charges of evidence destruction and destruction of public electronic records.
Former Deputy Chief Park is accused of ordering frontline intelligence division chiefs, including former Chief Kim, via messenger on the 2nd of last month to delete an intelligence report indicating that crowds might gather in Itaewon on Halloween Day. Former Chief Kim is also under investigation for ordering his subordinate, Mr. A, to delete the report stored on a work PC.
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Meanwhile, the Special Investigation Headquarters transferred four Yongsan Police Station officials, including former Chief Lee Im-jae, to the Seoul Western District Prosecutors' Office on the same day. Former Chief Lee is accused of arriving late at the scene on the day of the disaster, failing to take appropriate follow-up measures, and approving a report with an incorrectly recorded arrival time, thereby creating false official documents.
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